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German filmmaker Arnold Fanck made this beautifully photographed Bergfilm, or mountain film , in 1926. Written in three days and nights especially for Leni Riefenstahl, The Holy Mountain took over a year to film in the Alps with an entourage of expert skiers and climbers. Ostensibly a love triangle romance - between Riefenstahl’s young dancer and the two explorers she encounters - Fanck relishes the glorious Alpine landscape by filming death-defying climbing, avalanche dodging, and frenetic downhill ski racing. (Eureka Entertainment)
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Leni Riefenstahl
German Empire
Best movies:
The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
LENI (2015) (theatrical recording) - a.f.
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Luis Trenker
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Mountain Calls (1938)
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Ernst Petersen
German Empire
Best movies:
The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Frida Richard
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Faust (1926)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
From Morn to Midnight (1920)
Friedrich Schneider
Germany
Best movies:
The Holy Mountain (1926)