Arnold Fanck
German film director (1889-1974) · Germany · On the map · Directors · Died at 85
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).
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Kleines Zelt und große LiebeFilm, Writer1951German Film AwardSeries1940
Ein RobinsonFilm, Director1938Kaiserbauten in FernostFilm, Producer1936
Die Wildnis stirbt!Film, Director1934Die SeehundeFilm, Director1932
SlalomFilm, Writer1931
The White EcstasyFilm, Director, Writer1929
The White Hell of Pitz PaluFilm, Director, Writer1927
The Great LeapFilm, Director, Writer1924
Cloud Phenomena of MalojaFilm, Director1923Pömperly's Kampf mit dem SchneeschuhFilm, Director, Writer1921
Im Kampf mit dem BergeFilm, Director, Writer1913
4628 Meter hoch auf SkiernFilm, Director1889Born6 March 1889People around Arnold
Leni Riefenstahl Arnold directed The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
Harry R. Sokal Produced The Holy Mountain (1926)
Luis Trenker Arnold directed Mountain of Destiny (1924)
Ernst Petersen Arnold directed The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
Sepp Rist Arnold directed Storm over Mont Blanc (1930)
Ernst Udet Arnold directed The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
Hannes Schneider Arnold directed Mountain of Destiny (1924)
Gustav Diessl Arnold directed The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)- Gustav Lantschner Arnold directed Storm over Mont Blanc (1930)
Harald Reinl Arnold directed Storm over Mont Blanc (1930)
Friedrich Kayssler Arnold directed Storm over Mont Blanc (1930)
David Zogg Arnold directed Storm over Mont Blanc (1930)
Frida Richard Arnold directed Mountain of Destiny (1924)- Gregor Rabinovitch Produced The Eternal Dream and Rêve éternel
Rod La Rocque Arnold directed S.O.S. Eisberg (1933)
Gibson Gowland Arnold directed S.O.S. Eisberg (1933)- Paul Graetz Arnold directed The Great Leap (1927)
Herbert A.E. Böhme Arnold directed A German Robinson Crusoe (1940)- Willy Kaiser-Heyl Arnold directed The Eternal Dream (1934)
Ludwig Schmid-Wildy Arnold directed A German Robinson Crusoe (1940)- Marieluise Claudius Arnold directed A German Robinson Crusoe (1940)
Max Holzboer Arnold directed S.O.S. Eisberg (1933)
Claus Clausen Arnold directed A German Robinson Crusoe (1940)- Ernst Dumcke Arnold directed The Eternal Dream (1934)
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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.
