Still of Luis Trenker in Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936)
Caption: Still of Luis Trenker in Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936)
Actor, Director, Writer
Born: October 4, 1892
Star sign: Libra
Known for: Der verlorene Sohn (1934), Mountains on Fire (1931), Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936), Giovanni de Medici: The Leader (1937)
Source: IMDB
Luis Trenker (born in St-Ulrich, southern Tyrol (now Italy) as Alois Franz Trenker) was a film director, singer, author, ski champion and mountain climber, wood-carver, stage and film actor. He went to school in Bolzano to become a carver artist. From 1912 to 1914 he studied Architecture. He fought in WWI as an officier in the Dolomite. After that,...