That looks wonderful, film really captures the colour well.

beautiful scenery - except for the dead spruces...

It is sad: drier weather weakens the spruces, and then strong winds snap or topple many of them. With so much stressed or fallen wood, bark beetles can quickly move through and kill whole patches of forest.

Some conservationists argue the problem is dense, same‑age spruce, and that in protected areas this kind of dieback and beetle outbreak can be left as dead wood.

Wonderful capture.

Magnificent capture!

Beautiful mountain scene.

un paysage de reve !!

yes, it can be left as dead wood. In regions where spruce is the pristine vegetation or is added only in small groups in decduous tree forests there is no problem.

I think in the landscape shown in your picture pristine woodland communities are formed by beech forests (maybe with oak, maple, ash and alder along the water bodies). But spruce takes almost 100 % of the area, for quite sure planted by mankind to get construction timber. Assumed that the bark beetle will spread farther, the slopes will be covered only with dead wood. In my point of view, that is ok in nature protection areas, but it might caus problems in populated areas re landslides, drinikng water supply and change of micro climate.
But just my thoughts from far away.

That is the precise conflict between foresters, naturalists, and local governments. Sadly, a post-socialist state mindset paired with short-term capitalist greed seems to be winning. Spruce monocultures were planted everywhere for quick timber profits. Now, local communities face landslides, water shortages, and a higher vulnerability to climate change. We need more forward-thinking foresters like you.