Bergfahrt - Reise zu den Riesen

MOUNTAIN RIDE opens on the Alps as a landscape older than humanity itself, a place that has outlasted generations of human certainty. The film looks at mountains not as a postcard backdrop, but as living, unsettling presences shaped by immense time, power, and mystery. The documentary follows people who approach this world from different directions: researchers, artists, philosophers and others who want to understand the mountains rather than simply consume them. Their encounters reveal how hard it is to grasp what these peaks mean, and how a different relationship to nature might begin. At its core, MOUNTAIN RIDE reflects a larger shift in values. The film contrasts older views of the Alps as something to dominate and exploit with newer efforts to protect, interpret and preserve them. It also questions the fantasy of untouched nature and shows how that idea can collide with reality. With striking images and an attentive ear for the mountains' presence, the film offers a documentary portrait of a world that is at once familiar and difficult to know. MOUNTAIN RIDE invites viewers to look again at the Alps and follow this thoughtful journey.