Nazis made a Yugoslavia travelogue with a love triangle. Yes, really.
German adventurers discover the cultural and natural riches of Yugoslavia regions, their own carelessness almost pays for their fascination with their lives, but the intellect still wins in mastering nature, which offers the winners resources for a better quality of life. All this is framed by a love story. It is a meeting of two cultures and two views of the world.
Cinematography
Stunning alpine footage that deserved better politics
Production
Ambitious location shooting for 1933 propaganda
Acting
Ita Rina's smoldering resistance to the material
Director
Hans Natge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the brief window between Weimar's collapse and full Nazi cinematic control, this 'mountain film' hybrid channels both the genre's romanticism and emerging nationalist ideology.
Ita Rina was a major Yugoslav-German star who'd flee to Italy in 1941; her presence here was meant to lend 'authenticity' to the colonial gaze.
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