©2022
Documentary | 2022 | ORF [at] | Adventure | Italy
Main data
| Director | Karin Duregger |
|---|---|
| Production | Mannicam |
| Distributor | Mannicam |
Shooting data
| Start of shooting | 01/01/2022 |
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| End of shooting | 31/05/2022 |
| Locations | Südtirol, Trentino, Belluno |
| Filming regions | Italy |
Project data
| Length of movie | 58`26`` |
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| Aspect ratio | 16:9 (1 : 1,78) |
| Distribution format | XDCam HD |
| Sound format | Stereo |
Brief synopsis
All people will have the perception that on high mountains, where the air is pure and thin, one breathes more freely and feels physically lighter and more serene.
But at that time it was still a small number of people who advanced to this experience. Because climbing mountains was not considered desirable for the common people back then, mountains were considered only dangerous and scary for a long time. But it is not for nothing that the mountain today also stands as an image for mastering great challenges. If you're over the mountain, you've mastered the difficult. The majesty of the mountains - in both the literal and figurative sense - rightly inspires respect.
And Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said:
Mountains are silent masters and make silent disciples.
Are we really still silent disciples today? Once it was probably fear and respect for the mighty mountains that kept us silent, but today we flock to the mountains in droves to capture the countless places that have now been turned into media hotspots. I was there! Why are mountains today perceived as the epitome of aesthetics in addition to the power they radiate and the feeling of freedom they trigger? Why do they become aesthetic hotspots and are visited en masse, although it is precisely as places of tranquillity that they do their work? In the hustle and bustle, with the aim of reaching and capturing as much as possible as quickly as possible, the visitor probably forgets about this original power and that the Dolomites in particular are spaces worth protecting, spaces of retreat and, above all, a natural World Heritage Site.
But at that time it was still a small number of people who advanced to this experience. Because climbing mountains was not considered desirable for the common people back then, mountains were considered only dangerous and scary for a long time. But it is not for nothing that the mountain today also stands as an image for mastering great challenges. If you're over the mountain, you've mastered the difficult. The majesty of the mountains - in both the literal and figurative sense - rightly inspires respect.
And Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said:
Mountains are silent masters and make silent disciples.
Are we really still silent disciples today? Once it was probably fear and respect for the mighty mountains that kept us silent, but today we flock to the mountains in droves to capture the countless places that have now been turned into media hotspots. I was there! Why are mountains today perceived as the epitome of aesthetics in addition to the power they radiate and the feeling of freedom they trigger? Why do they become aesthetic hotspots and are visited en masse, although it is precisely as places of tranquillity that they do their work? In the hustle and bustle, with the aim of reaching and capturing as much as possible as quickly as possible, the visitor probably forgets about this original power and that the Dolomites in particular are spaces worth protecting, spaces of retreat and, above all, a natural World Heritage Site.