Exhibition - “Filmdorf Ellmau” Mondays

"Film Village Ellmau" from the Edelweiss King to the Mountain Doctor

Exhibition at the Local Museum from June 27 to July 25, 2025 featuring photographic treasures & film history from the Wilder Kaiser

Not only the popular TV series “The Mountain Doctor” has been filmed at the Wilder Kaiser since 2007, but as early as 1938, Ellmau provided an impressive film backdrop with the Kaiser Mountains for the adaptation of Ludwig Ganghofer's story “The Edelweiss King.” This was followed by more regional films with love dramas and mountain adventures, such as the feature film “VIOLANTA,” which was shot here in 1942, where Georg Gogl, the then innkeeper of Gasthof Au, participated as an extra with his horse and carriage and received 15 unique photos from the filming as a keepsake. His daughter Erna Kopp will tell the story behind the photos during the opening. These and more shots of film scenes in Ellmau and the Kaiser Mountains form the centerpiece of the special exhibition "Film Village Ellmau."
The exhibition also focuses on the “Mountain Doctor,” which has been set in Ellmau for 18 seasons. 

To conclude the exhibition, the entertaining feature film “Ski Instructor Cilli,” which was filmed on-site in 1956, will be shown as an open-air cinema at the museum on Friday evening, July 25 at 9 PM, with free admission. Besides the funny film story, Ellmau from back then is certainly the main character!

Opening hours of the exhibition:

Fridays 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM & Mondays 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM during the torch hike (with registration)

Admission to the exhibition and open-air cinema is free!