Overview
The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. There is a French version of the film, titled 'Un de la montagne', shot the year after with the same script but with different actors and by a different director.
Director and cast
- August Kern Director
- Anton Kern Director
- Gustav Diessl as Jakob Burghardt
- Hertha Thiele as Monika Amatter
- Carl de Vogt as Bundesrichter Dr. Reymond
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Der Verteidiger
- Rolf Pinegger as Der Gemeindepräsident
- Helmuth Renar as Staatsanwalt
- Stephan Bloetzer as Stefan Thöni - Bergführer
- Werner Düby as Bauingenieur
- Beni Führer as Veit Amatter - Monikas Bruder
- Max Weydner as Vater Amatter
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