Synopsis
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).
Ratings
IMDb3.6/10
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Key crew
- Andrew MartonDirector
- Eberhard FroweinWriter
- Fritz RauWriter
- Mila RauWriter
Cast
- Gustav DiesslDr. Norman - Ethnologe
- Erika DannhoffAnne
- Günther Oskar DyhrenfurthProfessor Wille - Leiter der Internationalen Himalaya-Expedition
- Jarmila VackováEllen - his Wife
- Hans WinzelerDr. Winkler - Expedition doctor
- Hans ErtlHans - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
- Albert HöchtBertl - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
- André RochAndré - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
- James BelaieffJimmy - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
- Piero GhiglioneDer italienische Bergsteiger und Journalist
- DalibTibetanischer Träger
- MachmadTibetanischer Träger
Themes
himalaya mountain rangeasiaexpeditionmountainmountaineertalkierucksackclimbingback packblack and whitespiritdemon