简介：AlsoknownbyitsalternativetitleDerewigeTraum,DerKönigvomMontBlancisthelast'real'mountainfilmbythegenre'sinventor,Dr.ArnoldFanck(whofamouslyinsistedonhisacademictitleinhisfilms'credits).IttellsthehistoricstoryofthefirstclimbingoftheMontBlancbyJacquesBalmat(playedbySeppRist).AsFanckdescribesinhisautobiographyErführteRegiemitGletschern,StürmenundLawinen,heintendedto"createahistoricalfilm,withthepurposeofnotonlyshowingthegrandiosityofnature,butalsoahumanbeingasitsantagonist,whoaccomplishesahistoricaldeedwithfar-reachingconsequences."Whichisn'texactlynewsasfarasFanckfilmsareconcerned,butanyway... However,Fanckalsodecidedto"turnthesubjectintoaballadandonlysticktothosefactswhichwereregardedastrulyhistoricalbyhistorians".AndsowehavenotonlytheadventuroustaleofthefirstclimbingofMontBlanc,butalsothelovestoryofBalmatandthevillagegirlMaria(averyyoungBrigitteHorney)withquiteabitofFanckianmysticismthrowninontopofit.Actually,bothplotwiseandinitsimagery,therearequiteafewreferencestoRiefenstahl'sDasblaueLicht(whichFanckhelpedtoedit),andalsoshowssimilaritiestoTrenker's1938DerBergruft(thoughthatfilmisaboutthefirstclimbingoftheMatterhorn). AccordingtoFanck,thefilmwasdecidedlydislikedbyGoebbelsbecauseofitstoo'positive'portrayaloftheFrenchpeople,andsothefilmwasissuedwithoutmuchadvertisingin1934andwasnotahugesuccess.ItstillremainsoneofFanck'sleastknownfilmstoday.Andwhileitmaynotfeatureanybigstars,DerKönigvomMontBlancwasimpeccablyphotographedbyFanckstalwartRichardAngstandcontainsalotofFanck'susualspectacularmountainimages,andsoI'dsay:thegoodDoctordiditagain.…