Directed by:
Arnold FanckScreenplay:
Arnold FanckCast:
Leni Riefenstahl, Harald Reinl, Mathias Wieman, Ernst Petersen, Ernst Udet, Beni Führer, Walter Traut, Friedrich Kayßler, Sepp RistPlots(1)
In a lonely outpost atop the treacherous Mont Blanc, an intrepid scientist lives with minimal connection to the world below. Through the telegraph, Hannes (Sepp Rist) communicates with a beautiful astronomer (Leni Riefenstahl), and is occasionally visited by an airplane upon whom he depends for supplies. In the midst of a ferocious snowstorm, Hannes loses his gloves and his weather station is battered by the elements. Suffering from frostbite and unable to descend the mountain, he sends out a desperate S.O.S. in the hope that someone can brave the elements and rescue him certain death. Eerily romantic and overshadowed by the constant threat of doom, Storm Over Mont Blanc is a quintessential "Mountain Film" by Arnold Fanck, the genre's innovator and unparalleled master. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
Leni Riefenstahl
German Empire
Best movies:
White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
LENI (2015) (theatrical recording) - a.f.
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Harald Reinl
Austria-Hungary
Mathias Wieman
German Empire
Best movies:
L'Atlantide (1932)
Das verliebte Hotel (1933)
Little Dorrit (1934)
Ernst Petersen
German Empire
Best movies:
White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Ernst Udet
German Empire
Best movies:
White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
Beni Führer
Best movies:
The Blue Light (1932)
Walter Traut
Austria-Hungary
Friedrich Kayßler
German Empire
Best movies:
Le Chien des Baskerville (1937)