Pale Mountains

Pale Mountains (Italian: Brennero; transl. Brenner) is an Italian crime drama television series directed by Davide Marengo [it] and Giuseppe Bonito [it]. It began airing on Rai 1 and RaiPlay on 16 September 2024.

Pale Mountains
Italian Rai 1 poster
Italian	Brennero
Genre	Crime drama Mystery Thriller
Written by	Carlo Mazzotta Andrea Valagussa
Directed by	Davide Marengo Giuseppe Bonito
Starring	Elena Radonicich Matteo Martari Richard Sammel Giovanni Carta Lavinia Longhi Paolo Briguglia Lia Greco Anita Zagaria Katja Lechthaler Luka Zunic Sinéad Thornhill
Composers	Giuliano Taviani Carmelo Travia
Country of origin	Italy
Original languages	Italian German
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Ornella Bernabei
Producers	Daria Hensemberger Luca Poldelmengo Rosario Rinaldo Maddalena Rinaldo
Cinematography	Emanuele Pasquet Alfredo Betrò
Editor	Lorenzo Campera
Running time	48–57 minutes
Production companies	Rai Fiction Cross Productions
Original release
Network	Rai 1 RaiPlay
Release	16 September 2024 (2024-09-16) – present

Premise

Two detectives investigate a serial killer in Bolzano, South Tyrol.

Cast

Main

• Elena Radonicich as Eva Kofler
• Matteo Martari [it] as Paolo Costa
• Richard Sammel as Gerhard Kofler
• Giovanni Carta as Andreas Muller
• Lavinia Longhi as Michela Rossi
• Paolo Briguglia as "Il Mostro"
• Lia Greco as Cecilia Martini
• Anita Zagaria as Luisa Lopez
• Katja Lechthaler [de] as Lena Pilcher
• Luka Zunic as Tommaso Rossi
• Sinéad Thornhill as Mathilde Comi

Recurring

• Laura Riccioli as Clara Bauer
• Laura Serena as Doctor Majore
• Georg Kaser as Klaus Berger
• Caterina Casini as Marta
• Naike Anna Silipo as Giovanna Ferrari
• Fulvio Falzarano as Chief Pedrotti
• Paolo Romano [it] as Giacomo Prati
• Rimau Ritzberger Grillo as Martin
• Ralph Palka [it] as Count Peter Reiderstahl
• Roberta Rovelli as Letizia
• Verena Buss [de] as Sonia Mahr
• Maurizio Tabani as Eriberto Villa
• Karolina Porcari [pl] as Corinne Fischer
• Bruno De Stephanis as Doctor Lojacono
• Nicolai Bosca as Matteo Bendotti
• Marcos Piacentini as Sergio
• Ennio Coltorti as Franco Venturi

Episodes

No.	Title	Duration	Original release date
1	"Mostri dal passato - Parte 1"	52 min	16 September 2024 (2024-09-16)
2	"Mostri dal passato - Parte 2"	51 min	16 September 2024 (2024-09-16)
3	"Echi della sera - Parte 1"	50 min	23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)
4	"Echi della sera - Parte 2"	53 min	23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)
5	"Terzo livello - Parte 1"	53 min	30 September 2024 (2024-09-30)
6	"Terzo livello - Parte 2"	55 min	30 September 2024 (2024-09-30)
7	"Cadono le maschere - Parte 1"	48 min	7 October 2024 (2024-10-07)
8	"Cadono le maschere - Parte 2"	57 min	7 October 2024 (2024-10-07)

Production

The series was shot on location in Bolzano in 2022.^[1][2]

Release

The series began airing on Rai 1 on 16 September 2024.^[3] On 10 October 2024, it was acquired for international distribution in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Turkey.^[4]