Alpen Movies

1904
Difficult Ascent of a Rock Peak
Difficult Ascent of a Rock Peak
01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
1932
The Doomed Battalion
The Doomed Battalion
91932HD
Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards...
1903
Harvesting Hay on Bear Ice Rink
Harvesting Hay on Bear Ice Rink
01903HD
A scene of harvesting hay on the great winter playground. The group of busy reapers, with hand scythes, in the foreground, the Swiss maids who...
1921
Im Kampf mit dem Berge
Im Kampf mit dem Berge
6.51921HD
The film follows two mountain enthusiasts, battling through a glacier area in the Swiss mountains. The mountaineers are two very prominent skiers at...
1907
The Tyrol: Austrian Alps
The Tyrol: Austrian Alps
01907HD
Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
1925
The Kilometer-Devourer
The Kilometer-Devourer
01925HD
Sports enthusiast Ernest is to cover 6,000 kilometers on his motorcycle in 15 days, crossing Austria, Italy, Switzerland, the Balkans and...
1913
The Ascent of the Matterhorn
The Ascent of the Matterhorn
01913HD
The ascent of the Matterhorn by the Hornli Ridge, filmed in July 1913 by Frederick Burlingham. The team, composed of Burlingham and four mountain...
1903
Panoramic View of the Eiger
Panoramic View of the Eiger
01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
1920
The Jungfrau Railway
The Jungfrau Railway
01920HD
Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
1931
The Burning Mountains
The Burning Mountains
101931HD
Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards...
1905
Surmounting the Summit of Finsteraarjoch
Surmounting the Summit of Finsteraarjoch
01905HD
1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
1924
An Alpine Ride Up the Strasserhorn
An Alpine Ride Up the Strasserhorn
01924HD
1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
1938
The Challenge
The Challenge
6.31938HD
During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The...
1941
Peaks
Peaks
01941HD
Cimes is a drama about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by Jean Vernet in 1941 and produced by Films de Cavaignac. It...
1921
Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn
Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn
01921HD
The ascent of the Zinalrothorn filmed by Frederick Burlingham in September 1916. Burlingham, known at the time as 'The man who kinematographed the...
1907
Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907
Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907
01907HD
1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
1931
Mountains on Fire
Mountains on Fire
6.51931HD
Two of Germany's best and busiest directors collaborated on Berge in Flammen (Mountain in Flames). The storyline should be of interest to...
1906
Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers
Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers
01906HD
Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...
1901
Eagleswing Panorama of the Mer de Glace
Eagleswing Panorama of the Mer de Glace
01901HD
1901 film of the Mer de Glace, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
1927
The Great Leap
The Great Leap
5.11927HD
A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.