Glockner - the black mountain

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Movie
Original title Glockner - the black mountain
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 2000
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Georg Riha
script Christian Seiler
production Georg Riha
music Noisia,
Gernot Ursin,
Wolfgang Krsek,
Fritz Moßhammer
camera Victor Alder,
Christian Dimt,
Irmin Kerck,
Thomas Kirschner,
Jerzy Palacz,
Georg Riha,
Oliver Schneider,
Peter Schraml,
Tommy Sommer,
Rudi Vesely
cut Alexander Adelhoch,
Roland Rathmair
occupation
  • Michael Köhlmeier: Speaker
  • Peter Wolfsberger: Speaker

Glockner - The Black Mountain is a documentary by Georg Riha , in which the course of the seasons and the vagaries of nature on Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner , are shown and described in fast motion.

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In the film, the Austrian director and author Georg Riha shows the picturesque wildness of the Glockner massif. The starting point are the numerous sagas and legends about the "Black Mountain", the name of which refers to a black crystal that was said to have been enclosed in its interior many millennia ago. Then the film shows the processes in nature within a calendar year in fast motion. The viewer sees waterfalls freezing and thawing again, dramatic rock breaks, underwater shots such as aerial photos from known and little-known perspectives and corners of the Hohe Tauern . For one minute the viewer can follow the silent flight of an eagle, in other sequences the lively games of the marmots .

The story of the ascent of the mountain and the life of the people in the villages of Kals and Heiligenblut, which are closest to the Glockner, are also discussed . Mountain guides like Toni Giller and Sepp Lackner, who reached the summit cross at an altitude of 3798 meters over 300 times in their lives, are interviewed. A Corpus Christi procession is documented in Heiligenblut .

The film also shows how vulnerable this space is. In addition, human interventions and their consequences are dealt with - the construction of the high alpine road and the cable car to the Pasterze , mass tourism and the long-term planning for a large hydroelectric power station near Kals are mentioned. It is up to the viewer to judge it.

Publication on DVD

The film appeared in the edition of the Austrian film of the newspaper Der Standard (no. 186.).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bert Rebhandl: Technischer Zauber - Georg Riha's documentation about the black mountain , booklet for the DVD.
  2. ↑ Roman Freisl: Black Mountain - New perspectives and true greatness in George Rihas Portrait of the Grossglockner , The Standard , October 20, 2000th