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Alpine Fire

Original title: Höhenfeuer
  • 1985
  • R
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.1K
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Alpine Fire (1985)
Drama

Isolated in the Swiss Alps, a young woman who would have liked to become a teacher teaches her deaf brother arithmetic and writing. An incestuous relationship develops between them.Isolated in the Swiss Alps, a young woman who would have liked to become a teacher teaches her deaf brother arithmetic and writing. An incestuous relationship develops between them.Isolated in the Swiss Alps, a young woman who would have liked to become a teacher teaches her deaf brother arithmetic and writing. An incestuous relationship develops between them.

  • Director
    • Fredi M. Murer
  • Writer
    • Fredi M. Murer
  • Stars
    • Thomas Nock
    • Johanna Lier
    • Dorothea Moritz
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fredi M. Murer
    • Writer
      • Fredi M. Murer
    • Stars
      • Thomas Nock
      • Johanna Lier
      • Dorothea Moritz
    • 7User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Thomas Nock
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    Johanna Lier
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    Dorothea Moritz
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    Rolf Illig
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    • Vater…
    Tilli Breidenbach
    • Großmutter…
    Jörg Odermatt
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    Irene Calcagni
    • Belli
    • (voice)
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    Annemarie Germann
    • Mutter
    • (voice)
    • (as Anne Marie Germann)
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    Tino Arnold
    • Vater
    • (voice)
    • …
    Greth Berther
    • Grossmutter
    • (voice)
    • …
    • Director
      • Fredi M. Murer
    • Writer
      • Fredi M. Murer
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    alpine family living in the mountains

    this is a peculiar film. In the bucolic mountain settings of swiss alps, a rural family raising cows and living in a mountain hut, struggles with the awkward behavior of the deaf child. The sudden ending is an anti-climax. As the mountain fog envelops the hut and the family, with the cow's neck bells in the audio background, the movie ends, the lights in the theater are turned on, and one has to wonder what the message was. Definitely *not* the average story of swiss alps family.
    • camel-9
    • Mar 2, 2000
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    • Release date
      • January 30, 1986 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Switzerland
    • Official sites
      • Director's official site
      • Swiss Films page
    • Language
      • Swiss German
    • Also known as
      • Dağ Ateşi
    • Filming locations
      • Wasserplatten über Silenen, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
    • Production companies
      • Bernard Lang
      • Langfilm
      • Walter Schoch
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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