Duel with Death (1959)

1959 · Movie · 92 min. · Austria

Duel with Death (1959)
Drama

For centuries, the Norwegian Björndal family has been gaining wealth and prestige, painstakingly conquering farm land on nature to make their estate Björndal the envy of all the region, while their proud rivals, the noble von Gall family on the castle Borkland, lost fortune. The Björndal patriarch Dag Sr., scarred in the face during a bear kill, has two sons: his fierce first-born favorite Tore shares his love for taunting the von Galls, while the gentle Dag Jr. rather enjoys the silence of the forest. When Tore seems to court the equally proud and stubborn Elisabeth von Gall, she makes her military suitor Lt. Margas challenge him to a duel- Tore, armed only with his coach whip, is pierced by his saber and his corps carried away by the river; now Elisabeth turns away from him. Even a month later Dag Sr. refuses to believe the missing Tore must be dead. Hunting the last bear, Dag Jr. loses his rifle and is badly wounded killing the beast with his knife; Adelheid and her father, retired...

Direction Paul May

Cast Gert Fröbe · Hansjörg Felmy · Joachim Hansen · Carl Lange · Anna Smolik · Hans Nielsen · Maj-Britt Nilsson · Elisabeth Epp · Jürgen Goslar · Hanns Ernst Jäger · Hilde Schreiber

Soundtrack Rolf A. Wilhelm

Screenplay Kurt Heuser · Trygve Gulbranssen

Cinematography Elio Carniel

Original title Und ewig singen die Wälder

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