Village stories about the filming of Roman Polanski’s ‘The Dance of the Vampires’.
One winter more than 40 years ago life in Ortisei became unexpectedly very exciting. The word had gone round that an Anglo-American film crew were supposed to be coming into the area to make a horror film. It had all happened unexpectedly and at short notice as the filming had been meant to take place at St Anton am Arlberg in Austria, but a sudden föhn wind had melted the heavy snow from the winter landscape needed for the film. The local inhabitants became increasingly curious as the day for the arrival of the colourful troupe of film makers drew closer. They were meant to bring some of the glamour of the jet set with them.
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Mother Nature's Memory
For explorers looking for more than just esthetic pleasure, the work of Edgar Moroder is a treasure trove of information and also a useful manual for discovering, understanding, and appreciating the many facets of the Alpe di Siusi.
Moroder's work on the Seiser Alm / Alpe di Siusi consists of a map which catalogs 530 toponyms (the names of geographic locations, including hamlets, historical sites, etc.), a parcel map listing 415 meadow names and 75 high-altitude meadow names, and an accompanying handbook with a rich selection of illustrations. Readers will find not only explanatory legends, but also a lot of information on the place-names appearing in the maps, their history, their etymology, and their significance. Chapters on specific topics relating to the place-names contribute to the readers' understanding. Thus, there are short sections on geographic considerations, meadow agriculture, geology, and botanical aspects. There is also a brief overview of prehistoric sites, numerous old standard reference works are mentioned, the rights and duties of meadow farmers and the authorities responsible for monitoring their observance are explained, and finally, there is also a section on the legend-haunted places and areas – of which the Alpe di Siusi has no lack.
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