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Arnold Fanck

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German film director (1889-1974)

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Arnold Fanck was a German film director and pioneer of the mountain film genre. S. Eisberg (1933).

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Arnold Fanck with his secretary and lover Elisabeth Kind 1933 in Greenland on set of the movie S.O.S. Eisberg. In 1934 both married in Berlin.Arnold Fanck with his secretary and lover Elisabeth Kind 1933 in Greenland on set of the movie S.O.S. Eisberg. In 1934 both married in Berlin.

Filmography 28

The Holy Mountain1926
The White Hell of Pitz Palu1929
The White Stadium1928
Cloud Phenomena of Maloja1924
Storm Over Mont Blanc1930
S.O.S. Iceberg1933
The Great Leap1927
S.O.S. Iceberg1933
Das Wunder des Schneeschuhs1920
The White Ecstasy1931
The Daughter of the Samurai1937
The Fight for the Matterhorn1928
Ein Robinson1940
Mountain of Destiny1924
Im Kampf mit dem Berge1921
Der ewige Traum1934
Kleines Zelt und große Liebe1956
Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief2008
The Battle of the Century1921
Kaiserbauten in Fernost1938
Slalom1932
4628 Meter hoch auf Skiern - Besteigung des Monte Rosa1913
Pömperly's Kampf mit dem Schneeschuh1923
Rêve éternel1935
The Wonder of the Snowshoe, 2. Part - A Fox Hunt on Skis through the Engadine1922
Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood2018
Die Seehunde1934
Die Wildnis stirbt!1936

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Television 1

German Film Award1951

Awards 1

German Film Award

Connected to Arnold 6

Leni RiefenstahlAlso in The White Ecstasy (1931)Setsuko HaraAlso in The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)Ernst UdetAlso in Storm Over Mont Blanc (1930)Friedrich WolfAlso in S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)Kurt GerronAlso in The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)Brigitte HorneyAlso in Der ewige Traum (1934)

About this person

Arnold Fanck was a German film director and pioneer of the mountain film genre. He is best known for the extraordinary alpine footage he captured in such films as The Holy Mountain (1926), The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929), Storm over Mont Blanc (1930), The White Ecstasy (1931), and S.O.S. Eisberg (1933). Fanck was also instrumental in launching the careers of several filmmakers during the Weimar years in Germany, including Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, and cinematographers Sepp Allgeier, Richard Angst, Hans Schneeberger, and Walter Riml.

Country
Germany
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1974 · aged 85
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