Mountain Crystal

Mountain Crystal
German film poster
GermanBergkristall
Directed byHarald Reinl
Written by
Produced by
  • Josef Plesner
  • Hubert Schonger
Starring
  • Franz Eichberger
  • Hans Renz
  • Cilli Greif
CinematographyJosef Plesner
Edited byHarald Reinl
Music byGiuseppe Becce
Production
companies
Hubert Schonger-Filmproduktion
Josef Plesner-Filmproduktion
Release date
  • 23 October 1949 (1949-10-23)
Running time
86 minutes
CountriesAustria
West Germany
LanguageGerman

Mountain Crystal (German: Bergkristall) is a 1949 Austrian-German historical drama film directed by Harald Reinl and featuring a cast of unknown actors including Franz Eichberger, Hans Renz and Cilli Greif.[1] It is a mountain film based on the 1845 novella Rock Crystal by Adalbert Stifter. The film's sets were designed by the Austrian art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. It was the directorial debut of Reinl who went on to become a successful film director.

  1. ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 398. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.