Anyone ever seen or heard of this vintage war movie? Doomed Battalion.

[the ringo kid]

As I havent bought any new movie stills for months, I was checking One of my usual buying haunts and ran across a still for a movie made in 1932 called: Doomed Battalion. Ive never heard of that movie before let alone seen it. I dont even know any of the actors in it. Seems it takes place somewhere in Europe during the winter. Other than that, I know zilch about this movie.

Anyone here seen or heard of it?

 

[da gimp]

not that I can recall...

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Wow! That's an old one.
Have heard of it but never seen it.
Where do you find these oldies?

 

[walkinghorse]

Mountains in Flames/Doomed Battlion

Doomed Battalion (1932) - IMDb
Rare WWI film
THE DOOMED BATTALION – 1932

This film is about a particularly bloody battle between Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire during WW1.

Two friends, one Austrian, Luis Trenker, and one Italian, Victor Varconi, meet every year to climb one of the local peaks on the border near Trenker's village. The time is 1914 and Trenker is called up for service when war is declared. He is sent off to fight the Russians with all the men from his village.

A year later in 1915, Italy enters the war on the side of the Allies. This time Varconi is called up to take command of a battalion. The Italians take over the Austrian village where Trenker's wife and child live.

Austria quickly rushes back units from the east to man the lines against the new enemy. Trenker and his unit are assigned to a mountain that looks right down on their now occupied village. They dig in on the high Alps and construct a series of caves and dugouts. ...

 

[Targets Guy]

I normally will not watch a WWI movie. Much too depressing. What those poor souls went through. 19th century tactics against 20th century weapons.

 

[the ringo kid]

Wow! That's an old one.
Have heard of it but never seen it.
Where do you find these oldies?

Mostly I buy from the chicago tribune archives with which is also paired with jpthemint and another site. I also buy from a couple dealers in California like Jim Mahoney. All sites have originals going back to about 1900.

 

[the ringo kid]

Doomed Battalion (1932) - IMDb
Rare WWI film
THE DOOMED BATTALION – 1932

This film is about a particularly bloody battle between Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire during WW1.

Two friends, one Austrian, Luis Trenker, and one Italian, Victor Varconi, meet every year to climb one of the local peaks on the border near Trenker's village. The time is 1914 and Trenker is called up for service when war is declared. He is sent off to fight the Russians with all the men from his village.

A year later in 1915, Italy enters the war on the side of the Allies. This time Varconi is called up to take command of a battalion. The Italians take over the Austrian village where Trenker's wife and child live.

Austria quickly rushes back units from the east to man the lines against the new enemy. Trenker and his unit are assigned to a mountain that looks right down on their now occupied village. They dig in on the high Alps and construct a series of caves and dugouts. ...

Muchos gracias. Sounds interesting in the least. I'm kinda interested in this because I'm about to read about Rommel, and when he earned the Pour le Merite, in WWI, as a Mountain troops officer.

 

[Eltioloco]

This was an interesting campaign. As many men lost their lives in storms and avalanches as combat.
And yes, WW1 battles are very depressing and sad.
Ken


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