Alpine Fire (Höhenfeuer) 39 years old

a story of love without bonds.

Alpine Fire

A year on an Alpine farm: an older couple have two children, Belli, who wanted to be a teacher, and the younger Franzi, deaf, and although he works like a man, child-like. Belli teaches him. In his work, he can become frustrated, so when he throws an expensive mower over a cliff in a fit of pique, his father banishes him to the outskirts of the farm, where he uses pubescent energy to break rocks and build walls and cairns. (It's the tradition of the father's family, called "The Irascibles" by neighbors, to spend puberty doing this.) Belli visits him and they begin sleeping together. By winter, the boy is back in the house and Belli is pregnant. Soon her parents must know.

Credits

Alpine Fire Cast

Name Character
Dorothea Moritz She was 53, 84 years old when she died as Mutter
Tilli Breidenbach She was 75, 84 years old when she died as Großmutter

Alpine Fire Crew

Name Department
Bernard Lang as Producer. Production
Iris Kettner as Makeup Artist. Costume & Make-Up
Corinna Glaus as Script Supervisor. Directing
Pio Corradi as Director of Photography. He was 45 (78) years old when He died Camera
Fredi M. Murer as Director. He was 45 (now 84) years old Directing
Fredi M. Murer as Writer. He was 45 (now 84) years old Writing
Alpine Fire poster
Alpine Fire (39 years)

a story of love without bonds.

  • Release day: Monday, September 02, 1985
  • Runtime: 120 minutes