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The Glass Mountain is a 1949 black and white British romantic film drama directed by Henry Cass. It starred Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray and Valentina Cortese. [1] The film was a popular success of its day, and was re-released in the UK in 1950 and 1953. [2] It features acclaimed classical vocalists Elena Rizzieri [3] as herself and Tito Gobbi ...
The Glass Mountain is a short story that combines fable, fantasy, and grotesque fairy tale to create a new reality. It explores the plight and promise of literature through collage, irony, and metafiction.
A pilot rescued by a girl in Italy is inspired to write an opera based on a local legend. The film features the theme by Nino Rota, which became a hit in 1950s Britain.
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- Henry Cass
1949. Drama. The classic tale of a war romance featuring the smash hit music of The Legend of The Glass Mountain. Starring Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray, w...
The Glass Mountain. 1949 · 1 hr 40 min. TV-PG. Drama. Shot down over Italy, an RAF pilot and aspiring composer falls in love with his rescuer, then returns home to his wife inspired to write an opera. Subtitles: English. Starring: Dulcie Gray Michael Denison Valentina Cortese Sebastian Shaw. Directed by: Henry Cass. Shot down over Italy, an ...
- Henry Cass
- January 1, 1949
- 99 min
A short story by Donald Barthelme about a man who climbs a glass mountain to disenchant a symbol of fairy tales. He reaches a castle, gets a princess, and throws her down the mountain in a twist on the conventional ending.
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A World War II pilot falls in love with a resistance fighter in Italy and bases his opera on her legend of the Glass Mountain. The film stars Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Valentina Cortese and Tito Gobbi.
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