Storm Over Mont Blanc

Storm Over Mont Blanc (1930)

Stürme über dem Mont Blanc

Arnold Fanck's Alpine Thriller

Hannes is employed at the Mont Blanc Observatory; the only outside connection is a pilot and Hella over the radio. Hella ascends the mountain but her father dies along the way.

Date of release
1930-12-25
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Adventure, Drama
Director
Arnold Fanck

Casting

Interesting facts

German: Stürme über dem Mont Blanc is a 1930 German film written and directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist and Ernst Udet. 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.

Production

Filmed on location in Arosa, Switzerland, Babelsberg Observatory in Potsdam, Germany, and Mont-Blanc in Chamonix, France, Stürme über dem Mont Blanc is notable for its dramatic mountain footage and depictions of a violent snow storm. The aircraft used in filming were:

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