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Sepp Allgeier
Josef “Sepp” Allgeier (6 February 1895 – 11 March 1968) was a German cinematographer who worked on around fifty features, documentaries and short films. He began his career as a cameraman in 1911 for the Expreß Film Co. of Freiburg. In 1913 he filmed newsreels in the Balkans. He then became an assistant to Arnold Fanck, a leading director of Mountain films. He worked frequently with Luis Trenker and Leni Riefenstahl, both closely associated with the genre. He was Riefenstahl's lead cameraman on her 1935 propaganda film ''Triumph of the Will''. During the Second World War, Allgeier filmed material for newsreels. He later worked in West German television.Reimer & Reimer p.39 His son is the cinematographer Hans-Jörg Allgeier. Selected filmography * '' Mountain of Destiny'' (1924) * '' The Holy Mountain'' (1926) * '' The Great Leap'' (1927) * ''Alpine Tragedy'' (1927) * '' Milak, the Greenland Hunter '' (1928) * '' Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) * ''Diary of a Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freiburg Im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as of 31 December 2018), Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim, and Karlsruhe. The population of the Freiburg metropolitan area was 656,753 in 2018. In the Southern Germany, south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg (Freiburg), Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain. A famous old German university town, and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg, archiepiscopal seat, Freiburg was incorporated in the early twelfth century and developed into a major commercial, intellectual, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Of Destiny
''Mountain of Destiny'' (german: Berg des Schicksals) is a 1924 German silent drama film written and directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Hannes Schneider, Frida Richard, Erna Morena, and Luis Trenker. The film is about an alpinist who falls to his death while climbing a dangerous peak. His son later succeeds where his father had failed. The film was released in the United Kingdom with the title ''The Mountaineers''. After seeing ''Mountain of Destiny'', Leni Riefenstahl, then a dancer, decided she wanted to start appearing in films. She got in touch with Fanck and starred in his 1926 film '' The Holy Mountain''. Plot After a mountaineer is killed attempting to climb a difficult mountain, his son dreams of conquering the peak that has defeated his father. But his mother makes him promise never to attempt it. Events eventually force her to release him from the promise, and he ascends the mountain successfully. Cast * Hannes Schneider as Bergsteiger *Frida Richard as Bergsteig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Champion Of Pontresina
''The Champion of Pontresina'' (german: Der Springer von Pontresina) is a 1934 German-Swiss comedy film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Sepp Rist, Rudolf Klicks and Eric Helgar.Clarke & Doel p. 152 Production It is also known by the alternative title of ''Love in St. Moritz'' (german: Liebe in St. Moritz). The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Bruno Lutz. It was made by Terra Film and shot on location in Switzerland, and at Terra's Marienfelde Studios in Berlin. Cast * Sepp Rist as Uli Boeker, Mannschaftsführer * Vivigenz Eickstedt as Tielko * Eric Helgar as Moritz * Rudolf Klicks as Max * Ludwig Gerner as Karl * Anni Markart as Violett Moore * Friedrich Ettel as Friedrich Holz, Industrieller * Georg H. Schnell as I.P. Moore, Bankier * Henry Lorenzen as H.W. Macpherson, Sportsmann * Ali Ghito as Marlen, Mannschaftsführerin * Edith Anders as Liess * Katja Bennefeld as Toni * Hilde Maria Rapp-Fidelius as Maria * Walter Rill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tell (1934 Film)
''William Tell'' (German: ''Wilhelm Tell'') is a 1934 German-Swiss historical drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Hans Marr, Conrad Veidt and Emmy Göring. It is based on the 1804 play William Tell by Friedrich Schiller about the Swiss folk hero William Tell. It was made in Germany by Terra Film, with a separate English-language version supervised by Manning Haynes also being released. It was shot at the Marienfelde Studios of Terra Film in Berlin with location shooting in Switzerland. While working on the film Veidt, who had recently given sympathetic performances of Jews in '' Jew Suss'' (1934) and ''The Wandering Jew'', was detained by the authorities. It was only after pressure from the British Foreign Office that he was eventually released. It is also known by the alternative title ''The Legend of William Tell''. Cast * Hans Marr as Guillaume Tell *Conrad Veidt as Gessler *Emmy Göring as Hedwig Tell (credited as Emmy Sonnemann) *Olaf Bach as Arnold von Melcht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroud
''Baroud'' is a 1932 British-French adventure film directed by Rex Ingram and Alice Terry and starring Felipe Montes, Rosita Garcia, and Pierre Batcheff. Actor Paul Henreid debuted in a small role. The film was released in separate French and English-language versions, the latter sometimes known by the title ''Love in Morocco''.Cook p. 182 It was the final film of Ingram, a leading Hollywood director of the silent era, and the last film appearance by Alice Terry, a leading Hollywood star of the silent era and Ingram's wife. The title is the Berber word for war. Plot It is set in French Morocco. Two soldiers in the Spahis, one a Frenchman and the other the son of a chief allied to the French, are friends, but quarrel when the Frenchman becomes romantically involved with the other's sister. They join forces again to repulse an attack by a hostile tribe. Cast English version * Felipe Montes as Si Alal, Caid de Ilued * Rosita Garcia as Zinah, his daughter * Pierre Batchef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rebel (1932 Film)
''The Rebel'' (german: Der Rebell) is a 1932 German historical drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt, Edwin H. Knopf, and Luis Trenker and starring Trenker, Luise Ullrich, and Victor Varconi. The film's art direction was by Fritz Maurischat. It was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures, with location shooting in Austria and St. Moritz, Switzerland. Interior scenes were filmed at the Tempelhof Studios. A separate English language version '' The Rebel'' was released the following year. The film is part of the Mountain film genre. Trenker stated that the film's plotline of a Tyrolean mountaineer Severin Anderlan leading a revolt against occupying French forces in 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars. The greatest Tirolean patriot Andreas Hofer was a proto-type of "Severin Anderlan" (both died in the same year!).. Trenker was designed to mirror what was happening in contemporary Germany as it rejected the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. In 1933 there was published Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountains On Fire
''Mountains on Fire'' (german: Berge in Flammen) is a 1931 German war film directed by Karl Hartl and Luis Trenker and starring Trenker, Lissy Arna and Luigi Serventi. The film was based on Luis Trenker's novel of the same title, partly based on his own experiences. Separate French and English-language productions were also made. Synopsis Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards they find themselves fighting on different sides.Naumann p. 173 The plot also features references to the Mines on the Italian Front (World War I). Cast * Luis Trenker as Florian Dimai * Lissy Arna as Pia, his wife * Luigi Serventi as Arthur Franchini, his friend * Claus Clausen as Leutnant (lieutenant) Kall * Erika Dannhoff * Paul Graetz * Michael von Newlinsky Michael von Newlinsky (21 June 1891 – 14 August 1964) was an Austrian film actor who appeared in numerous supporting roles during his career, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stürme über Dem Mont Blanc
''german: Stürme über dem Mont Blanc'' (aka en: ''Storm Over Mont Blanc'') is a 1930 German film written and directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist and Ernst Udet.Gagne , Sepp"Review: 'Storm over Mont Blanc'."''AllMovie'', 2019. Retrieved: 29 July 2019. The film is part of the German film genre of "mountaineering", popularized by Fanck. The story revolves around a man who works alone at the Mont Blanc weather station gathering data. His only contact with the world below is via Morse code signals. He is joined by a woman friend, who helps him survive a terrible storm over the mountain. Ernst Udet is featured as a pilot who is involved in a dangerous mountain rescue. Plot Meteorologist Hannes (Sepp Rist) works alone at a remote weather station below the summit of Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Every day he gathers data on weather conditions. When the weather is clear, he is able to use his telescope to gaze down at the town of Chamonix in the valley fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Hell Of Pitz Palu (1929 Film)
''The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' (german: Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü) is a 1929 German silent mountain film co-directed by Arnold Fanck and G. W. Pabst and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Gustav Diessl, Ernst Petersen, and World War I pilot Ernst Udet. Written by Fanck and Ladislaus Vajda, the film is about a man who loses his wife in an avalanche while climbing the Piz Palü mountain, and spends the next few years searching the mountain alone for her body. Four years later he meets a young couple who agree to accompany him on his next climb. ''The White Hell of Pitz Palu'' was filmed on location in the Bernina Range in Graubünden, Switzerland. Plot Dr. Johannes Krafft and his bride Maria are spending their honeymoon mountain climbing in the Bernina Alps in southeast Switzerland. While climbing the north face of Piz Palü in the strong föhn winds, the loving couple's guide Christian warns Krafft not to be cocky in this dangerous environment, but the doctor dismisses the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary Of A Lost Girl
''Diary of a Lost Girl'' (german: Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) is a 1929 German silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring American silent star Louise Brooks. It is shot in black and white, and various versions of the film range from 79 minutes to 116 minutes in length. This was Brooks' second and last film with Pabst, and like their prior collaboration, ''Pandora's Box'', it is considered to be a classic by many film historians. It is based on the controversial and bestselling 1905 novel of the same name by Margarete Böhme. The novel had been previously adapted by Richard Oswald as ''Diary of a Lost Woman''. Plot Thymian Henning, the innocent, naive daughter of pharmacist Robert Henning, is puzzled when their housekeeper, Elisabeth, leaves suddenly on the day of Thymian's confirmation In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands. For adu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Struggle For The Matterhorn
''Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (german: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio Malasomma and starring Luis Trenker, Marcella Albani, and Alexandra Schmitt. The film is part of the popular cycle of mountain films of the 1920s and 1930s. Art direction was by Heinrich Richter. Trenker later remade the film as '' The Challenge'' in 1938. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Switzerland. Plot Based on a 1928 novel by Carl Haensel, the film depicts the battle between British and Italian climbers to be the first to climb the Matterhorn. Cast * Luis Trenker as Jean-Antoine Carrel *Marcella Albani as Felicitas, Carrel's wife * as Mother of Carrel *Clifford McLaglen as Giaccomo *Peter Voß as Edward Whymper *Paul Graetz as Meynet * as Meynet's wife *Hannes Schneider as Cross * Ernst Petersen as Hadow *Hugo Lehner as Hudson *Luggi as Lord Douglas *Heinrich Gretler Heinrich Gretler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milak, The Greenland Hunter
''Milak, the Greenland Hunter'' (German: ''Milak, der Grönlandjäger'') is a 1928 German silent adventure film directed by Georg Asagaroff and and starring Ruth Weyher, Nils Focksen and Lotte Lorring.Thomas p.144 Made by UFA, it was shot on location in Greenland. Cast * Ruth Weyher as Movie part * Nils Focksen as Movie part * Lotte Lorring as Movie part * Iris Arlan as Movie part * Helmer Hannsen as Movie part * Robby Robert as Movie part * Sepp Allgeier as Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself * Richard Angst Richard Angst (23 July 1905 – 24 July 1984) was a Swiss cinematographer who worked on more than ninety films during his career, most of them in Germany. Angst emerged as a leading photographer of mountain films during the silent era. He often wo ... as Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself * Harry Bellinghausen as Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself * Albert Benitz as Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself * Waldemar Coste as Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself * as E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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