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Mountain films


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    • Bergfilme
    • Mountaineering films
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    • found: Work cat.: Blaue Licht (Motion picture). The blue light [VR] c1996.
    • found: Heilige Berg (Motion picture). English. The holy mountain [VR] 2003.
    • found: Lopez, D. Films by genre, c1993(Mountain Film (Mountaineering Film). The mountain film revealed itself as a genre in the early twenties; it was especially popular in Germany, where, in the late twenties and early thirties, the mountain film (Bergfilm) fit in with that country's cult of youth and nature)
    • found: All movie guide Film glossary, via WWW, Dec. 1, 2005(Mountain Films. During the Weimar Republic in Germany, prior to the rise of Hitler, a film genre was developed to parallel (arguably, rival) the American Western. These films used mountain scenes and settings to develop similar "Western" attitudes concerning the protagonist's struggles and conflicts. The physical power, potential and actuality of the character or heroic figure was emphasized.)
    • found: The Hindu, July 18, 2003, via WWW, Dec. 1, 2005:entertainment section (Mountain films; Canadian films on mountain sports; Banff Mountain Film Festival is an international film competition featuring the world's best films and videos on mountain subjects)
    • found: Mountain films: Wikipedia, WWW site, Dec. 12, 2005(A mountain film is a film genre that focuses on mountaineering and especially the battle of man against nature ... the genre is most associated with the German bergfilme released in the 1920s)
    • notfound: Moving image genre-form guide, via WWW, Dec. 1, 2005
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    • 2006-02-10: new
    • 2015-12-28: revised
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