Kinder der Berge (1958)

Josef Rainer is a road worker in a mountain village in Liechtenstein. His wife Marianne works as a waitress in a restaurant to improve the meager housekeeping money. Some people ask ... See full summary »

Director:

Georg Tressler

Writers:

Hans D. Bove, Paul Gallico (novel),

Stars:

Barbara Rütting, Maximilian Schell, Heinrich Gretler

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Barbara Rütting	...	Marianne Ospel
Maximilian Schell	...	Josef Ospel
Heinrich Gretler	...	Pfarrer Polding
Max Haufler	...	Alois
Emil Hegetschweiler	...	Melker
Ellen Widmann	...	Frau Reichel
Michael Arco
Mathilde Schmitz
Rudolf Strub

Storyline

Josef Rainer is a road worker in a mountain village in Liechtenstein. His wife Marianne works as a waitress in a restaurant to improve the meager housekeeping money. Some people ask themselves why she has married that poor devil since she could have married into money. But she stays to the keen wood carver. He works out fantastic objects of tree roots, but villagers jeer at him. The family dreams to get a cow of their own to be more independent. One day Josef scrapes together all savings and goes to the cattle market. Due to lack of money, a clever farmer palms a skinny, sick cow off on him. The children Hansli and his friend Ludmila take the cow to their heart. Ludmila even lends her name to the animal. Some time later Josef falls from a mountain and is unable to work for a long time. So a decision is made that cow Ludmila which produces no milk has to be slaughtered. To prevent it, Hansli takes her secretly to an alpine pasture. A miracle happens: Cow Ludmila produces more milk than...

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Switzerland Liechtenstein

Language:

German

Release Date:

16 October 1958 (Liechtenstein)

Also Known As:

Das Glück auf der Alm

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reinhardt-Nickstadt Produktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

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Soundtracks

"Nicht weit von hier"
Musik und Text von Peter Moesser und Siegfried Franz
Es singen die Polydor-Schallplatten Stars
Erni Bieler - Joerg Maria Berg
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke

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