Die Herrgottsgrenadiere (1932)
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Cast
Gustav Diessl, Beni Führer, Maria Murmann, Stefan Blötzer
Gold fever sweeps an isolated mountain village after a mining company discovers a nearby vein, eclipsing residents’ hopes for a road.
The story
In an isolated village amid the mountains around the Lötschental, residents hope a road will open the area and improve their meager economy. Their plans are displaced when an international mining company discovers a nearby gold vein and acquires mining rights. Caught up in gold fever, the villagers forget the road project, invest their meager savings in company shares, and take jobs with the company as workers.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Amid the mountains around the Lötschental lies an isolated village exposed to the forces of nature. The villagers hope that building a road will open up the area and improve their meager economy. Suddenly, the whole population is in a state of great excitement: an international mining company has discovered a gold vein nearby and acquired the mining rights. The road construction is now forgotten. Caught up in gold fever, everyone invests their meager savings in shares and hires on with the company as workers. [...] While the annual blessing procession with the Lord God’s Grenadiers is taking place down in the valley, a severe thunderstorm gathers. A lightning bolt ignites the explosives, and soon afterward the mine is a huge pile of rubble.
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