The holy mountain
By: written and directed by Arnold Fanck
Contributors: Riefenstahl, Leni, actor; Trenker, Luis, 1892-1990, actor; Petersen, Ernst, 1860-1930, actor; Kino Lorber, Inc
Series: Kino classics; Kino classics
Published: 2018
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Drama; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Dancers; Mountain life; Man-woman relationships
Description: Enthralled by the scenic majesty and heaving power of nature, an alluring dancer seeks the man of her dreams in a small mountain village. There she encounters a reclusive climber and a young skier, who are each pursuing their own elusive ideals amid the intoxicating beauty and treacherous dangers of the Alps.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1926.

Photographed by Sepp Allgeier, Helmar Lerski, Hans Schneeberger; music (2002) by Aljoscha Zimmermann.

Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, Ernst Petersen.

DVD; stereo 2.0; region 1; NTSC.

Silent film with German intertitles with optional English subtitles.