It's Europe between the Wars. Douglas Meredith (Sir Sean Connery) is on a climbing adventure vacation in the Swiss Alps with Kate (Betsy Brantley). They present themselves as a married couple. In reality, she is his young niece. They own the two halves of the family ship building business. He wants to avoid any involvement while she works in the drafting office. The relationship gets more complicated when she falls for their local climbing guide Johann Biari (Lambert Wilson).
The celebrated film director Fred Zinnemann delivers a lifeless relationship drama. There is no chemistry in any of this. Worst, there is no creepiness in the portrayal. It has a blandness that the movie cannot overcome. The most compelling part of the movie may be the mountain landscape and some climbing. This melodrama is a slog. It tries to heat up, but I'm simply waiting for it to end.
The celebrated film director Fred Zinnemann delivers a lifeless relationship drama. There is no chemistry in any of this. Worst, there is no creepiness in the portrayal. It has a blandness that the movie cannot overcome. The most compelling part of the movie may be the mountain landscape and some climbing. This melodrama is a slog. It tries to heat up, but I'm simply waiting for it to end.