Der ewige Traum

Nov 20, 1934

1h 19m

★ 6.5

Overview

At the end of the 18th century, the wealthy French scholar Saussure comes to a small Alpine village and offers 1,000 pieces of gold to anyone who can lead him to the summit of Mont Blanc. The young farmer's son Jacques Balmat wants to take on the dangerous task, even though his father has told him from an early age about the mighty mountain spirits who guard a legendary treasure of gold on the mountain peak.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Cine-Allianz Tonfilmproduktions GmbH

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Cast

Jacques Balmat

Sepp Rist

Maria

Brigitte Horney

Marias Vater

Eduard von Winterstein

Dorfpfarrer

Friedrich Kayssler

Marias Mutter

Helene Fehdmer

Balmats Vater

Klaus Pohl

Bauer

Hans Hermann Schaufuß

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