'Hukkunud Alpinisti' hotell (1979)

Police gets a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. Suddenly an avalanche cuts them out from the rest of the world and ... See full summary »

Director:

Grigori Kromanov

Stars:

Uldis Pucitis, Jüri Järvet, Lembit Peterson

Cast

Cast overview:
Uldis Pucitis	...	Insp. Peter Glebsky
Jüri Järvet	...	Alex Snewahr
Lembit Peterson	...	Simon Simonet
Mikk Mikiver	...	Hinckus
Karlis Sebris	...	Mr. Moses
I. Kriauzaite	...	Mrs. Moses
Sulev Luik	...	Luarvik
Tiit Härm	...	Olaf Andvarafors
Nijole Ozelyte	...	Brun
Kaarin Raid	...	Kaisa

Storyline

Police gets a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. Suddenly an avalanche cuts them out from the rest of the world and strange things are going to happen.

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | cyborg | mountain resort | ski resort | police detective | 

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Genres:

Crime | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union Estonia

Language:

Estonian

Release Date:

27 August 1979 (Estonia)

Also Known As:

The Dead Mountaineer Hotel

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tallinnfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

The movie ahead of its time

I have to say "Hotel of Dead Mountaineer" is ahead of its time. OK, script was pretty anachronistic in 1978, because the basic book was written 1970, after social turmoils and "revolutions" in USA and Europe and some moments weren't so obvious in late 70s anymore. But after 9/11 is pretty sure that questions like "terrorist or freedom-fighter?" isn't so stupid at all. So the idea of naive alien helping terrorists doesn't look weird anymore.

Movie's special ultramodern design, cold style and dark atmosphere looked maybe a bit over the top in late 70s but became mainstream in 80s, especially in sci-fi and A- category horror movies. "The Hunger" for example has very similar visual style but was filmed 5 years later. The Grünberg's music isn't typical 70s movie soundtrack, the cold and synthesized soundscape became popular also in 80s and later. Theatralic, unnatural, openly strange acting became popular also years later. I like "HUH" ("HODM") because it works, it looks cool and timeless and the movie is overall unforgettable. Like its one its influence, "Zabriskie Point", "HUH" is panned by critics from premiere but has remained cult classic anyway.