Duel with Death

Name: Und ewig singen die Wälder
Genre: Drama
Released: 1959-09-15
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Gert Fröbe, Hansjörg Felmy, Joachim Hansen

Original title: Und ewig singen die Wälder

1959
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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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, whil... Read allFor 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 ... Read allFor 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 fier... Read all

Director
- Paul May
Writers
- Trygve Gulbranssen
- Kurt Heuser
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

237

YOUR RATING

Director
- Paul May
Writers
- Trygve Gulbranssen
- Kurt Heuser
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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Trivia
Final film of Hilde Schreiber.

Goofs
The bear is obviously a man in a bearskin during the short fight.

Connections
Followed by Das Erbe von Björndal (1960)

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Featured review

6/10

SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE

Family feuds, nature, destructive jealousy, waterfalls, you name it, it is here in this well-done adaptation of the Trygve Gulbranssen novel. You have to be a fan of this trashy literature to fully appreciate the film, but both Paul May and the cast took it seriously and do a convincing job. There are some scenes (Like the transport of the trees via the waterfall) that make this a slightly above-average film; the cinematography of the countryside, the mountains and the waterfall is nice, but indoor cinematography is mainly flat. Gert Fröbe is fine as Old Dag, which part is the best written; other parts are too shallow.