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The Holy Mountain

Original title: Der heilige Berg
  • 1926
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Leni Riefenstahl in The Holy Mountain (1926)
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Diotima meets Karl in the mountains where they fall in love and have an affair. When Karl's friend, Vigo, meets her, he mistakenly believes she is in love with him. Karl then believes that s... Read allDiotima meets Karl in the mountains where they fall in love and have an affair. When Karl's friend, Vigo, meets her, he mistakenly believes she is in love with him. Karl then believes that she is betraying him with his friend.Diotima meets Karl in the mountains where they fall in love and have an affair. When Karl's friend, Vigo, meets her, he mistakenly believes she is in love with him. Karl then believes that she is betraying him with his friend.

  • Directors
    • Arnold Fanck
    • Leni Riefenstahl
  • Writer
    • Arnold Fanck
  • Stars
    • Leni Riefenstahl
    • Luis Trenker
    • Ernst Petersen
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    870
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    • Directors
      • Arnold Fanck
      • Leni Riefenstahl
    • Writer
      • Arnold Fanck
    • Stars
      • Leni Riefenstahl
      • Luis Trenker
      • Ernst Petersen
    • 19User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Leni Riefenstahl in The Holy Mountain (1926)
    Leni Riefenstahl in The Holy Mountain (1926)
    Leni Riefenstahl in The Holy Mountain (1926)
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    Leni Riefenstahl
    Leni Riefenstahl
    • Diotima
    Luis Trenker
    Luis Trenker
    • Karl
    Ernst Petersen
    • Vigo
    Frida Richard
    • Mother
    Friedrich Schneider
    • Colli
    Hannes Schneider
    • Mountain Guide
    Leontine Sagan
    Leontine Sagan
    • Directors
      • Arnold Fanck
      • Leni Riefenstahl
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      • Arnold Fanck
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    • Trivia
      The Ice Palace was 16 meters high and it took 4 weeks to build. Because the shootings where delayed and the temperature increased, it started melting and it had to be rebuilt again when the weather was cold enough to maintain it.
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      Edited into The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)

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    7/10
    Fanck should have been a nature documentary filmmaker
    Arnold Fanck was a successful filmmaker in the 1920's Germany, known especially for his mountaineering films, like this one. "Der heilige Berg" (The Holy Mountain, 1926) is great proof of Fanck's greatest talent: his eye for depicting nature. This is still a very watchable film, because of the way the director shot it. The lakes, the mountains and the skies all melt together, forming a timeless-seeming space, that gets broken every time the director attempts to tell a story. As a storyteller, he is no great talent.

    The narrative is about two friends, who travel in the mountains, and meet a dancer (Leni Riefenstahl), with whom both fall in love with. The romantic triangle means their doom, since the mountain is cursed. The story is told in a very uneven manner, with narrative bumps here and there. Also we have a skiing contest for no apparent reason, which again affects the film's mood in a negative way.

    The nature shots of this film could be edited into a better film, as some later tried to do. They are that gorgeous. Besides the scenery, this film is remembered for Leni Riefenstahl's first big role. Acting-wise, it isn't anything special, but the years she spent on the mountains with Fanck are visible in her directorial works as spacial understanding.
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    • Release date
      • November 1926 (Austria)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Peaks of Destiny
    • Filming locations
      • Atelier Staaken, Berlin, Germany(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Berg- und Sportfilm
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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