Mountain of Diamonds (1991)
Original title: La montagna dei diamanti
Mountain of Diamonds is a 1991 Italian-language adventure movie directed by Jeannot Szwarc. It stars Isabelle Gélinas, Derek de Lint and Jason Connery.
France, 1915. Young and radiantly beautiful Centaine de Thiry is the happiest woman in the world: in a few more hours she will be married to pilot Michael Courteney, the love of her life. But fate has it otherwise: Michael is shot down in a reconnaissance plane shortly before his wedding. Life has lost its meaning for Centaine. When the young woman realizes soon afterwards that she is expecting a baby, her zest for live is revived. She decides to give birth to the child in South Africa, the home country of her deceased fiancé.
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What is Mountain of Diamonds about?
France, 1915. Young and radiantly beautiful Centaine de Thiry is the happiest woman in the world: in a few more hours she will be married to pilot Michael Courteney, the love of her life. But fate has it otherwise: Michael is shot down in a reconnaissance plane shortly before his wedding. Life has lost its meaning for Centaine. When the young woman realizes soon afterwards that she is expecting a baby, her zest for live is revived. She decides to give birth to the child in South Africa, the home country of her deceased fiancé.
When was Mountain of Diamonds released?
Mountain of Diamonds was released on 9 October 1991.
Who made Mountain of Diamonds?
Mountain of Diamonds was directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
Cast
- Isabelle Gélinas as Centaine
- Derek de Lint as Lothar de la Rey
- Jason Connery as Michael Courteney
- John Savage as Blaine
- Valerie Perrine as Isabelle
- Jennifer Youngs as Sarah
- Jenny Alpha as Hani
- Marina Vlady as Anna
- Andrea Prodan as Shasa
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Louis de Thiry
- Ernest Borgnine as Ernie
- Frank Finlay as Garrick