Gesäuse - The roaring mountains
Michael Schlamberger / Austria / 2005 / 50 min / Colour
The mountainous region of Gasäuse, in the heart of the Austrian Alps, is one of the wildest regions of Europe. Rocky walls, rushing streams, and majestic forests are part of a preciptiously steep terrain whose roaring water has inspired the name of these peaks, Roaring Mountains. Generations of climbers have tried to scale these mountains but the first to do so were the Benedictine monks of the Admont Convent, home to the world's largest monastic library. The monks were explorers and great scholars of the region's flora and fauna. The film recounts the story of these monk-explorers from the time of widespread deforestation in the 16th century to the current classification of these mountains as a National Park.
Michael Schlamberger
Credits
Language German Screenplay Michael Schlamberger Cinematography Michael Schlamberger, Rolando Menardi Editing Andrew Naylor Music Kurt Adametz Production company ScienceVision Filmproduktions
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