#bavarian alps

[thewolfnessphotography]

Waxenstein mountains

Bavaria. Germany

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View from Kampenwand, Chiemgau Alps

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View of Ramsau near Berchtesgaden by Georg Janny

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Sunset On The Wallberg, Bavarian Alps

By Christine Madeux

[wanderlandjournal]

green and emerald summer tones in the swiss alps

[thetidesite]

[misfit-among-the-angels]

Mittenwald

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Autumn in the Bavarian Alps

Best time of the year. At least right now.

📸 by @kilianschoenberger

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[shutterandsentence]

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; His love endures forever."

-Psalm 107:1

Photo: Bavaria, Germany

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“ yes, I am Dreamer “ // mindpx

[thewolfnessphotography]

Bavaria. Germany

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Lake Chiemsee - "The Bavarian Sea"

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blurry camera from hiking in the heat

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Cuckoo

Dir. Tilman Singer

It seems almost cruel to set a gruesome horror thriller in the Bavarian Alps, so stunningly gorgeous as the mountains are, but the high elevation seems to add clarity and perspective to Tilman Singer’s atmospheric jumble of scientific claptrap and strewn body parts. 

The striking Hunter Schafer plays 17-year-old Gretchen, forced by her remarried father (Marton Csókás), along with his young wife (Jessica Henwick), and their mute daughter (Mila Lieu), to move with them to the Alps so the couple, apparently building planners, can help a creepy businessman, known only as Herr König (Dan Stevens) to achieve his dream of a newly designed resort. 

With nothing better to do, and grieving the recent loss of her mother (with whom she still leaves impassioned VM’s as a way of both clarifying her grief, and giving the audience a sense of the inner workings of her mind), Gretchen takes a job at Herr König’s existing resort, checking in guests. 

Once there, things get weird from the get-go: Confused, staggering visitors pop in from time to time, Herr König seems far too solicitous of Gretchen to have good intentions, and one night, biking down the mountain after a shift, in one of the film’s best unsettling moments, Gretchen is pursued by a wild-eyed woman (Kalin Morrow) making a horrendous screeching noise. 

Before long things have deteriorated to the point where Gretchen is fearing for both her life, and the life of her half-sister, more or less alone against Herr König, and what turns out to be his seriously demented naturalist preservation apparatus.  Singer, whose previous film, Luz, got pretty heavy critical acclaim, has a way of creating scenes that slightly set your teeth on edge for reasons that can be hard to identify. The film works a bit in similar manner to Jordan Peele’s Get Out, in setting its unwitting protagonist in a milieu of such oddity and off-putting detail  —  Herr König routinely appears out of nowhere, and does not hesitate to whip out a recorder which he blows into purposefully  —  that you worry for them long before the plot begins to bear out that discomfort. 

It must be said that the story itself, once unfolded, doesn’t bear up to terribly much scrutiny, but it’s not designed to be the kind of film where you need not worry yourself about such details. Instead, it’s a disturbing snow globe, shaken to the point where the snowflakes obscure most everything else in the jar. 

It’s also a star vehicle for Schafer, most famous for her role as Zendaya’s romantic foil in “Euphoria,” who proves more than up to the task. There aren’t a great many people who can run seamlessly from a successful modeling career into acting, but Schafer carries the film’s emotional weight with confidence and gusto. The scares aren’t overwhelming, but her performance is sterling. 

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📍Bavarian Alps Germany 🇩🇪

Under the mountains is Bavarian Alps.

@georgebozouris

Guten Morgen Deutschland 🇩🇪

[thetidesite]

Summer.