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Sacred mountain : a drama in 3 reels / UFA production ; directed by Arnold Fanck ; [scenario, Arnold Fanck]. White flame / [H.R. Sokal-Film ; producer, Heinrich Sokal ; director, Arnold Fanck ; scenario, Arnold Fanck].
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mountains in motion pictures.
- Alps--Bavarian (Germany).
- Alps.
- Skis and skiing--Drama.
- Skis and skiing.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Genre:
- Silent films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (55 min.) : silent, black and white
- Other Title:
- Title on VHS container : Leni Reifenstahl's Sacred mountain and White flame
- Title on cassette Sacred mountain : white Flame
- Also know under title: Heilige Berg
- Holy mountain
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l. : publisher not identified, 199-?].
- Language Note:
- Silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Two of naturalistic German filmmaker Fanck's "mountain" films. In Sacred mountain, Riefenstahl (her first acting role) plays a young dancer named Diotima, whose two suitors introduce her to the beauty and tragedy of rock climbing and skiing. White flame is also filled with spectacular scenes of skiing, this time in a comedic "foxhunt" in which Leni and another "fox" lead a pack of 50 international ski champions in a frenzied chase through the Swiss Alps.
- Participant:
- Sacred mountain / Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, Ernst Petersen. White flame / Leni Riefenstahl, Hannes Schneider, Rudi Matt, Walter Riml, Guzzi Lantschner.
- Credits:
- Sacred mountain / camera, Sepp Allgeier, ... [and others] ; music, Edmund Reisch. White flame / camera, Richard Angst, Kurt Neubert, Hans Gottschalk ; editor, Arnold Fanck; music, Paul Dessau.
- Notes:
- Sacred mountain originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1926 ; White flame originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1931.
- Description based on VHS version record.
- Contains:
- White flame [videorecording]
- Other Format:
- VHS version Sacred mountain
- OCLC:
- 148784765
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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