''Escape to the Dolomites'' (German: ''Flucht in die Dolomiten'', Italian: ''Il prigioniero della montagna'') is a 1955 Italian-West German

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directed by and starring Luis Trenker. The cast also features

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.Reimer p.64 It was shot at the

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and on location around

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Synopsis

Giovanni Testa, a

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is accused of murdering his brother, who refused to loan him some money in order to rescue his business.

Cast

* Luis Trenker as Giovanni Testa *

as Graziella *

as Sergio *

as Teresa *

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as Bepo Ghezzi *

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as Padre di Graziella * Marcello Giorda as Ragionier Massaro * Hans Jamnig as Dolomites guide * Vincenz Nacker as Dolomites guide * Phillip Prinoth as Dolomites guide * Flavio Pancherias Dolomites guide * Hans Hammig as Hans * Vincenzo Nocker as Enzo * Filippo Primod as Bepi * Alda Quinti as Figlia di Giovanni

References

Bibliography

* Reimer, Robert C. ''Cultural History Through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on the Cinema of the Third Reich''. Camden House, 2002.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 drama films German drama films West German films Italian drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Luis Trenker 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub de:Flucht in die Dolomiten It:Il prigioniero della montagna