Directing

August Kern

Born — Died

1902-03-02 — 1996-01-15

Place of birth

Laufen, Switzerland

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

August Kern was born on March 2, 1902 in Laufen, Kanton Basel Land, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for White Majesty (1933), Al canto del cucù (1942) and Die weissen Teufel (1936). He died on January 15, 1996 in Basel, Kanton Basel Stadt, Switzerland.

Known for

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Released in 1939. Directed by August Kern.

Schweizer Bergfibel

1939

Mountain Man poster
10.0

The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. French version of Die weisse majestat, shot the year before in German with the same script in the Eiger/Jungfrau region but with different actors and by a different director.

Mountain Man

1934

No artwork available
NR

Released in 1939.

Alpenföhn

1939

The Herrgotts-Grenadiers poster
9.0

In the middle of the mountains around the Lötschental is a lonely village that is exposed to the forces of nature. A state of excitement arouses when an international mining company discover a gold vein and acquired mining rights.

The Herrgotts-Grenadiers

1932

Wenn der Kuckuck ruft poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wenn der Kuckuck ruft

1941

White Majesty poster
6.7

The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. There is a French version of the film, titled 'Un de la montagne', shot the year after with the same script but with different actors and by a different director.

White Majesty

1933

Behind the camera

No artwork available
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Released in 1939. Directed by August Kern.

Schweizer Bergfibel

1939

No artwork available
NR

Released in 1939. Directed by August Kern.

Schweizer Bergfibel

1939

No artwork available
NR

Released in 1939. Directed by August Kern.

Schweizer Bergfibel

1939

Mountain Man poster
10.0

The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. French version of Die weisse majestat, shot the year before in German with the same script in the Eiger/Jungfrau region but with different actors and by a different director.

Mountain Man

1934

No artwork available
NR

Released in 1939.

Alpenföhn

1939

No artwork available
NR

Released in 1939.

Alpenföhn

1939

No artwork available
NR

Released in 1939.

Alpenföhn

1939

The Herrgotts-Grenadiers poster
9.0

In the middle of the mountains around the Lötschental is a lonely village that is exposed to the forces of nature. A state of excitement arouses when an international mining company discover a gold vein and acquired mining rights.

The Herrgotts-Grenadiers

1932

The Herrgotts-Grenadiers poster
9.0

In the middle of the mountains around the Lötschental is a lonely village that is exposed to the forces of nature. A state of excitement arouses when an international mining company discover a gold vein and acquired mining rights.

The Herrgotts-Grenadiers

1932

Wenn der Kuckuck ruft poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wenn der Kuckuck ruft

1941

White Majesty poster
6.7

The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. There is a French version of the film, titled 'Un de la montagne', shot the year after with the same script but with different actors and by a different director.

White Majesty

1933

White Majesty poster
6.7

The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. There is a French version of the film, titled 'Un de la montagne', shot the year after with the same script but with different actors and by a different director.

White Majesty

1933

White Majesty poster
6.7

The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. There is a French version of the film, titled 'Un de la montagne', shot the year after with the same script but with different actors and by a different director.

White Majesty

1933

S'Margritli und d'Soldate poster
7.5

September 1939 in Estavayer: An anti-aircraft battery of the Swiss militia takes up position near a hotel on the border. The daughter of the house is adored by all the soldiers. During a nighttime air battle in which a "foreign" aircraft is shot down, one of the soldiers is killed. Only the girl can comfort the overwhelmed soldiers; it is only an emergency during a storm that brings them together.

S'Margritli und d'Soldate

1940

Geheimnis Leben - Wunder der Fortpflanzung poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Geheimnis Leben - Wunder der Fortpflanzung

1966

Ferien nach Mass! poster
NR

A short documentary about the importance of vacations in Switzerland.

Ferien nach Mass!

1962

No artwork available
NR

Documentary about sports and good manners and the interrelationship of both.

Sportgeist im Alltag

1962