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Peak - Über allen Gipfeln

Peak - Über allen Gipfeln

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 19, 2011

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

100%

Original Title

Peak - Über allen Gipfeln

Production Companies

unafilm, Movimento Film

Director

Hannes Lang

Description

At night, a convoy of tractor crawlers rattle through the snow to groom the ski slopes. Just under 3000 metres in altitude, excavators dig into the ground using dynamite to build a reservoir for the preparation of artificial snow. Concrete blocks of apartments are springing up everywhere, while elsewhere in the mountains, young people have long since moved away and old people talk about how their hometown no longer has a future. Too many regions in the Alps have become dependent on hopelessly commercialized skiing. In PEAK, Hannes Lang observes the invasion and hostile takeover of the Alps by ski tourism and introduces us to the people affected: winners and losers, enthusiasts, sceptics and lost souls.