In order to stop the annual flooding, a dam is to be built in the mountain valley; a life-threatening undertaking for the inhabitants.
Cinematography
Bavarian Alps look absolutely stunning.
Costume
Uschi Glas's princess wardrobe is peak 70s camp.
Director
Horst Hächler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Horst Hächler was primarily a producer; this was one of his rare directing gigs, explaining the... enthusiastic melodrama.
Waldrausch is part of the 'Heimatfilm' tradition—nostalgic rural German cinema—though it injects unusually high-stakes disaster elements into the usually cozy genre.
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