A Whole Life

[Machine Translation] The international bestseller "The Novel of the Century" has been beautifully adapted for the screen! The life of a nameless man in the Alps during the turbulent 20th century, filled with love and happiness. --The Austrian Alps around 1900. Andreas Egger ( Ivan Gustafik ), an orphan boy, comes to the farm of his distant relative Kranzstocker ( Andreas Rust ), who lives in the valley. But to the farmer, orphans are cheap labor, and his only emotional support is an old woman, Ernle ( Marianne Segebrecht ), who has been oppressed. When she dies, there is nothing to keep the grown Egger ( Stefan Gorski ) from leaving the farm and earning a living as a day laborer. Later, when he becomes a construction worker on a ropeway that brings electricity and tourists to the valley, he meets the love of his life, Marie ( Julia Franz Richter ), and they begin a fulfilling married life in a wooden cabin deep in the mountains. However, the happy time did not last long... World War II broke out, and although Egger was called up to fight, he too was taken prisoner by the Soviet army, and only after many years was he finally able to return to the valley. Many years later, Egger finally returned to the valley, and in a valley full of tourists, Egger (August Zillner), facing the end of his life, had flashbacks of past events and stood in front of the Alps....

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"世紀の小説"と称された、世界的ベストセラーを見事に映像化! 激動の20世紀、アルプスに生きた名もなき男の愛と幸福に満ちた一生。――1900年頃のオーストリア・アルプス。孤児の少年アンドレアス・エッガー (イヴァン・グスタフィク) は渓谷に住む、遠い親戚クランツシュトッカー (アンドレアス・ルスト) の農場にやってきた。しかし、農場主にとって、孤児は安価な働き手に過ぎず、虐げられた彼にとっての心の支えは老婆のアーンル (マリアンネ・ゼーゲブレヒト) だけだった。彼女が亡くなると、成長したエッガー (シュテファン・ゴルスキー) を引き留めるものは何もなく、農場を出て、日雇い労働者として生計を立てる。その後、渓谷に電気と観光客をもたらすロープウェイの建設作業員になると、最愛の人マリー (ユリア・フランツ・リヒター) と出会い、山奥の木造小屋で充実した結婚生活を送り始める。しかし、幸せな時間は長くは続かなかった・・・。第二次世界大戦が勃発し、エッガーも戦地に召集されたもののソ連軍の捕虜となり、何年も経ってから、ようやく谷に戻ることができた。そして、時代は過ぎ、観光客で溢れた渓谷で、人生の終焉を迎えたエッガー (アウグスト・ツィルナー) は過去の出来事がフラッシュバックし、アルプスを目の前に立ち尽くす・・・。

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