Escape to the Dolomites

Escape to the Dolomites (German: Flucht in die Dolomiten, Italian: Il prigioniero della montagna) is a 1955 Italian-West German drama film directed by and starring Luis Trenker. The cast also features Marianne Hold, Robert Freitag and Yvonne Sanson.[1] It was shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and on location around Lake Garda and the Fiemme Valley in Trentino.

Escape to the Dolomites
Directed byLuis Trenker
Written byGustav K. Bienek (novel)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Giorgio Bassani
Luis Trenker
Produced byFrancesco Donato
StarringLuis Trenker
Marianne Hold
Yvonne Sanson
CinematographyAlbert Benitz
Enzo Oddone
Edited byLudolf Grisebach
Aldo Quinti
Music byGiorgio Fabor
Production
companies
Bardo Film
Primus Film
Distributed byKopp-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 30 December 1955 (1955-12-30)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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Giovanni Testa, a shipbuilder on Lake Garda, is accused of murdering his brother, who refused to loan him some money in order to rescue his business.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Reimer p.64

Bibliography

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  • Reimer, Robert C. Cultural History Through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on the Cinema of the Third Reich. Camden House, 2002.
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