A married composer crashes in the Dolomites during the war, falls in love with the girl who rescues him and eventually writes an opera based on a local legend concerning the titular Glass Mountain. Mostly it is a soap opera triangle between the composer, his wife and the Italian rescuer. The film was enormously popular at the time but I found it a bit pedestrian.
Michael Denison was not believable as the troubled composer and the reliable Dulcie Gray didn't have much to work with as the sympathetic wife. (They were much better together in 1948's 'My Brother Jonathan') Far more plausible was Valentina Cortese, luminous as the Italian girl and Tito Gobbi, playing himself, who gave an appealing acting performance and of course when he sang he exhibited his stupendous baritone voice.
It does however have the tremendous score by Nino Rota which captures the passion and complexity of the story far more than the script and the acting.
Michael Denison was not believable as the troubled composer and the reliable Dulcie Gray didn't have much to work with as the sympathetic wife. (They were much better together in 1948's 'My Brother Jonathan') Far more plausible was Valentina Cortese, luminous as the Italian girl and Tito Gobbi, playing himself, who gave an appealing acting performance and of course when he sang he exhibited his stupendous baritone voice.
It does however have the tremendous score by Nino Rota which captures the passion and complexity of the story far more than the script and the acting.