Luis Trenker

Luis Trenker

ActorDirectorWriter
Born
October 4, 1892
Died
April 13, 1990
Awards
6 wins, 8 nominations

Luis Trenker (born in St-Ulrich, southern Tyrol (now Italy) as Alois Franz Trenker) was a film director, singer, author, ski champion and mountain climber, wood-carver, stage and film actor. He went to school in Bolzano to become a carver artist. From 1912 to 1914 he studied Architecture. He fought…

Biography

Luis Trenker (born in St-Ulrich, southern Tyrol (now Italy) as Alois Franz Trenker) was a film director, singer, author, ski champion and mountain climber, wood-carver, stage and film actor. He went to school in Bolzano to become a carver artist. From 1912 to 1914 he studied Architecture.

He fought in WWI as an officier in the Dolomite. After that, he made a documentary film "Wunder des Schneeschuhs" (1921) with Arnold Fanck. In 1934 he worked in Hollywood, but went back to Europe. In 1966 he worked for TV with the ski champion Toni Sailer in "LuftsprĂźnge". He lived with his wife in Meran, kept an office in Munich, wrote his Memories ("Alles gut gegangen" ("Everything went swell")). He died on Pneumonia and heart attack in a hospital in Bolzano.

Actor

Hochkant(1982)as Prolog
Die GlĂźckspirale(1972)
Olympia - Olympia(1971)
LuftsprĂźngeLuftsprĂźnge(1969)as Hannes Kogler
Karussell(1963)

Production Manager

Fight for the MatterhornFight for the Matterhorn(1928)

Location Management

Fight for the MatterhornFight for the Matterhorn(1928)

Additional Crew

The Son of the White MountainThe Son of the White Mountain(1930)

Soundtrack

LuftsprĂźngeLuftsprĂźnge(1969)

Self

Wer war Arnold Fanck?(1989)as Self - Interviewee
Na sowas!Na sowas!(1982)as Self
Von Kastelruth nach Hollywood(1986)
Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren(1979)as Self
Auf los geht's losAuf los geht's los(1977)as Self

Archive Footage

CompressionCompression(1995)as Self
Universum HistoryUniversum History(2013)as Self
HistoryHistory(2000)as Self
Die AbendschauDie Abendschau(1954)as Self
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the MassesFrom Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses(2014)as Self

Known for

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Luis Trenker and Victor Varconi in The Doomed Battalion (1932)Luis Trenker in The Doomed Battalion (1932)Tala Birell, Luis Trenker, and Victor Varconi in The Doomed Battalion (1932)Tala Birell and Luis Trenker in The Doomed Battalion (1932)Vilma BĂĄnky, Luis Trenker, and Victor Varconi in The Rebel (1933)Luis Trenker

Credit Score: Luis Trenker

9876543
193219331934193519361937193819391940194119421943194419451946
Severin Anderlan
Thu Jun 15 1933
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnown★WinsNomsVotes
1The Rebel4.881933•7.30030
2Liebesbriefe aus dem Engadin3.251938•6.10034
3Giovanni de Medici: The Leader3.251940•6.50039
4The Kaiser of California3.251937•6.400289
5The Prodigal Son3.251934•6.700225
6The Son of the White Mountain3.251933•6.00056
7Monte Miracolo3.091945•5.40024
8Condottieri3.091937•5.90065
9The Challenge2.501939•6.200222
10Der Feuerteufel1.631940•3.70044