The Mountains Between Us

The Mountains Between Us (German: Zwischen uns die Berge) is a 1956 Swiss romantic drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Hannes Schmidhauser, Nelly Borgeaud and Peter Arens.[1] Made in Eastmancolor, it was part of the post-war boom in heimatfilm which reached its peak around this period. However the film was a commercial failure and received a poor critical reception.

The Mountains Between Us
Directed byFranz Schnyder
Written byHerbert Meier
Richard Schweizer
Produced byOscar Düby
Lazar Wechsler
StarringHannes Schmidhauser
Nelly Borgeaud
Peter Arens
CinematographyEmil Berna
Edited byHans Heinrich Egger
Music byRobert Blum
Production
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Distributed byPraesens-Film
Deutsche London Film (W.Germany)
Release date
  • 21 December 1956 (1956-12-21)
Running time
93 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageSwiss German

It was shot at the Rosenhof Studios in Zürich and on location around Riederalp and Kippel in Valais and in the Italian capital Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Röthlisberger.

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References

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  1. ^ Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. p. 170

Bibliography

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  • Kähler, Ursula. Franz Schnyder: Regisseur der Nation. Hier und Jetzt, 2020.
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