Während seine Familie glaubt, er besteige im Skiurlaub Berge und kämpfe mit den alpinen Naturgewalten, vergnügt sich der kleinstädtische Seifenfabrikant Lallinger in Wahrheit auf Faschingsfesten und Atelierfeiern in der Großstadt. Zu dumm nur, dass er zum Beweis seiner Bergsteigerkünste reihenweise Briefe nach Hause geschickt hat, in denen er voller Poesie über seine Touren berichtet – wobei er kräftig aus dem Buch "In den Bergen ist Freiheit" abgeschrieben hat. Dumm war diese Idee deshalb, weil seine Frau so angetan ist von der musischen Begabung ihres Gatten, dass sie die Briefe ohne dessen Wissen als Buch herausbringen lässt. 

While his family believes that he is climbing mountains on a ski vacation and battling the forces of alpine nature, the small-town soap manufacturer Lallinger in truth is at a carnival for Fasching and hanging out in a studio in a large city.  Too bad that he has to prove how much fun he's having in the mountains by sending home a series of letters, in which he waxes poetically about his trip ... easy enough to do, as he's plagiarized his lovingly composed descriptions of the mountains from a book called, "Freedom is in the Mountains".  Even more unfortunate are the actions of his wife, who is so impressed by the poetic skills of her lying husband, that she's assembled his letters and turned them over to a publisher without hubby knowing about it.

THERE IS A NEWSREEL PREVIEW BEFORE THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released).

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES (except for the Newsreel). APPROX. 166 MINS. COMBINED TOTAL. VERY GOOD FILM QUALITY OVERALL.