Underplayed Gems

Call Over the Air (1951)

Call Over the Air poster
Original title
Ruf aus dem Äther
Directed by
Georg C. Klaren
Genre
drama film
Country
Austria
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man works at a mountain weather station in the Alps. He gets involved with a woman and struggles with isolation and his emotions.

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What happens

Call Over the Air (German: Ruf aus dem Äther) is a 1951 Austrian drama film directed by Georg C. Klaren and Georg Wilhelm Pabst and starring Oskar Werner, Lucia Scharf and Fritz Imhoff. It was made at the Sievering Studios in Vienna with location shooting at the Dachstein in the Alps. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. Although filming took place in 1948, it was not released for a further three years in either Austria or West Germany. The film is regarded as lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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