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Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü
Also known as The White Hell of Pitz-Palu in the United Kingdom and in the USA : [Die Weisse Hölle von Pitz-Palu], [White Ice]
(1929) Germany
B&W : Seven reels / 3330 metres
Regie (directed by) Arnold Fanck and G.W. Pabst
Cast: Gustav Diessl [Doktor Johannes Krafft, der allingänger], Leni Riefenstahl [Maria Majoni], Ernst Petersen [Hans Brandt], Ernst Udet [Flieger Udet], Mizzi Götzel [Maria Krafft], Otto Spring [Bergführer Christian Klucker], Kurt Gerron [mann im salon (man at nightclub)]
Sokal-Film Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production; distributed by Aafa-Film AG Sonderverleih. / Produced by Harry R. Sokal. Dreibuch (scenario by) Arnold Fanck and Ladislaus Vajda, from a screen story by Arnold Fanck. Unit manager, Heinz Landsmann. Set design by Ernö Metzner. Assistant directors, Paul Falkenberg and Marc Sorkin. Cinematography by Sepp Allgeier, Hans Schneeberger and Richard Angst. Still photography by Hans G. Casparius. Film editors, Arnold Fanck and Hermann Haller. Music score by Willy Schmidt-Gentner. / Screening 11 October 1929 at Uraufführung. Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot January-June 1929. The film received a German censor certificate [B.23880] on 18 October 1929. The film was released in the USA on 1 June 1930. The film was rereleased in 1935 with synchronized sound effects and with music by Giuseppi Becce. / Silent film.
Drama: Action.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Listing updated: 28 September 2013.
References: Bardèche-History p. 256; Everson-American p. 363; Kael-Kiss p. 258; Limbacher-Feature p. 274; Shipman-Cinema p. 105 : Website-Filmportal; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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