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In eis und schnee
Hans-Jürgen Panitz (1997)
In eis und schnee is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Blanc and Piz Palü. It was directed by Hans-Jürgen Panitz in 1997 and produced by Omega Film. It features Arnold Fanck Jr..- 1997
- Germany
- 47 min
In eis und schnee is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Blanc and Piz Palü. It was directed by Hans-Jürgen Panitz in 1997 and produced by Omega Film. It features Arnold Fanck Jr..Climbing locations
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Wer war Arnold Fanck?
Hans-Jürgen Panitz (1989)
Wer war Arnold Fanck? is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Blanc and Piz Palü. It was directed by Hans-Jürgen Panitz in 1989 and produced by Omega Film. It features Arnold Fanck Jr..- 1989
- Germany
- 94 min
Wer war Arnold Fanck? is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Blanc and Piz Palü. It was directed by Hans-Jürgen Panitz in 1989 and produced by Omega Film. It features Arnold Fanck Jr..Climbing locations
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Drama am gipfel
Tilman Achtnich (2013)
Drama am gipfel is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Piz Palü and Matterhorn. It was directed by Tilman Achtnich in 2013 and produced by SWR. It features Harald Krassnitzer, Matthias Fanck, Richi Lehner, Christian Riml, Willy Bogner, Hans-Jürgen Panitz and others.Tilman Achtnich, Claus Hanischdörfer
- 2013
- Germany
- 90 min
Drama am gipfel is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Piz Palü and Matterhorn. It was directed by Tilman Achtnich in 2013 and produced by SWR. It features Harald Krassnitzer, Matthias Fanck, Richi Lehner, Christian Riml, Willy Bogner, Hans-Jürgen Panitz and others.Climbing locations
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Die Macht der Bilder - Leni Riefenstahl
Ray Müller (1993)
The controversial mountain film maker looks back on her life, her climbs, her loves and her connections with the Nazis. Leni Riefenstahl at the age of 90 goes back to the places throughout the world where her career lead her: the Italian and Swiss Alps, the Maldives, Japan, the USA and the Nazi centres of Nuremburg and Berlin. She answers questions openly about all the issues which have made her such a controversial character, loved and hated, condemned and admired at the same time. Her remarkable films made in the 1930s with the Luis Trenker and Arnold Franck brought the Bergfilm genre to the attention of the world.Die Macht der Bilder - Leni Riefenstahl
- 1993
- Belgium, France, Germany, UK
- 180 min
The controversial mountain film maker looks back on her life, her climbs, her loves and her connections with the Nazis. Leni Riefenstahl at the age of 90 goes back to the places throughout the world where her career lead her: the Italian and Swiss Alps, the Maldives, Japan, the USA and the Nazi centres of Nuremburg and Berlin. She answers questions openly about all the issues which have made her such a controversial character, loved and hated, condemned and admired at the same time. Her remarkable films made in the 1930s with the Luis Trenker and Arnold Franck brought the Bergfilm genre to the attention of the world.Climbing locations
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Die weisse Majestät
Anton Kutter (1933)
The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. There is a French version of the film, titled 'Un de la montagne', shot the year after with the same script but with different actors and by a different director.- 1933
- Germany, Switzerland
- 94 min
The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. There is a French version of the film, titled 'Un de la montagne', shot the year after with the same script but with different actors and by a different director.Climbing locations
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Der Dämon des Himalaya
Andrew Marton (1935)
German film about a Himalayan expedition and the search for a mountain spirit, who guarded, according to the tradition of the locals, the peaks of high mountains. The long-lost and recently rediscovered and restored film is now a unique cinematic document because it is the first feature film that was shot directly in the Himalayas (up to 6400 m altitude). Hans Ertl even turned his Bell & Howell to the main summit of Sia Kangri, 7422m. Likewise, the film contains footage from India and Tibet, from a time long before the emergence of mass tourism. Some of the footage was later recycled in ‘Lost horizon’ (1937) by Frank Capra and in ‘Storm over Tibet’ (1952).- 1935
- Germany, Switzerland
- 61 min
German film about a Himalayan expedition and the search for a mountain spirit, who guarded, according to the tradition of the locals, the peaks of high mountains. The long-lost and recently rediscovered and restored film is now a unique cinematic document because it is the first feature film that was shot directly in the Himalayas (up to 6400 m altitude). Hans Ertl even turned his Bell & Howell to the main summit of Sia Kangri, 7422m. Likewise, the film contains footage from India and Tibet, from a time long before the emergence of mass tourism. Some of the footage was later recycled in ‘Lost horizon’ (1937) by Frank Capra and in ‘Storm over Tibet’ (1952).Climbing locations
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Die weisse Hölle vom Piz Palü
Arnold Fanck (1929)
A young couple go climbing in the mountains on their honeymoon. She gets lilled in an accident, and he, inconsolable, wanders the mountains for years without her. Another couple come to the same mountains some years after. They meet him and ask him to be their guide. Disaster strikes yet again. A frozen mountain landscape si the setting for some of the most spectacular film shots of the era which have not been surpassed eve with today’s technology.Arnold Fanck, Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- 1929
- Germany
- 150 min
A young couple go climbing in the mountains on their honeymoon. She gets lilled in an accident, and he, inconsolable, wanders the mountains for years without her. Another couple come to the same mountains some years after. They meet him and ask him to be their guide. Disaster strikes yet again. A frozen mountain landscape si the setting for some of the most spectacular film shots of the era which have not been surpassed eve with today’s technology.Climbing locations
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Un de la montagne
René Le Hénaff (1934)
The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. French version of Die weisse majestat, shot the year before in German with the same script in the Eiger/Jungfrau region but with different actors and by a different director.René Le Hénaff, Serge de Poligny
- 1934
- Germany, Switzerland
- 90 min
The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. French version of Die weisse majestat, shot the year before in German with the same script in the Eiger/Jungfrau region but with different actors and by a different director.Climbing locations
