''Fire and Ice'' (german: Feuer und Eis) is a German feature length

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directed by Willy Bogner in 1986.

Plot

John (

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) and Suzy (

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) meet while skiing in Aspen, Colorado. They run into each other again in New York and John follows her around the country.

Cast

In alphabetical order * Kelby Anno as Wind Surfer *

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as Hangglider * Scott Brooksbank as Skier *

Jan Bucher Jan Bucher (born 1957) is an American freestyle skier and world champion. She won a gold medal in acroski (ski ballet) at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1986 in Tignes. At the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1989 in Oberjoch, ...

as Skier *

as Suzy *

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as Narrator (voice) *

as Skier * Masayoshi Hija as Cowboy *

Wolfgang Junginger Wolfgang Junginger (27 October 1951 – 17 February 1982) was a German alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics. There he finished on 6th place in Special Slalom and on 4th place in Alpine Combined. Two years before, in World Champions ...

as Skier * Suzy Kay as Skier * Wong Kong as Cowboy * Gianfranco L'Amore as Crazy Skier * Steve Link as Snow Surfer * Ann McIntire as Skier * Kathy Pelowski as Waitress * Bob Salerno as Skier * Jan Schwartz as Skier *

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as Wind Surfer *

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as Snow Surfer * Mike Waltze as Wind Surfer *Jennifer Wilson as Ribbon Dancer

Production

While the movie has a plot, it is essentially irrelevant. The movie contains mainly

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scenes with Willy Bogner as director and cameraman.

does the voiceover narration for the English-language version, Emil Steinberger for the German version. Besides skiing scenes, the movie contains

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and

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scenes with sports talents Gianfranco L'Amore,

and Mike Waltze.

Marietta Waters Marietta Waters is an American singing, singer and most known for her performance of "Destination Unknown" on the ''Top Gun'' Top Gun (soundtrack), soundtrack, where she is credited by the stage name Marietta. Her other soundtrack credits includ ...

performed the title track ''Fire and Ice''. With ''Fire and Ice'', Bogner won the

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in 1986, and a Bambi in 1985. Bogner directed a kind of sequel in 1990, named ''

Fire, Ice and Dynamite ''Fire, Ice and Dynamite'' (German original title ''Feuer, Eis und Dynamit'') is a German feature-length sports film directed by Willy Bogner in 1990. It a sequel to '' Fire and Ice''. The screenplay was written by Tony Williamson, based on an o ...

''.

External links

* 1986 films 1980s sports films German sports films West German films English-language German films Films set in the United States Skiing films Films scored by Harold Faltermeyer 1980s German films {{sport-film-stub