The Holy Mountain (1926)
Der heilige Berg
In the mountains, Diotima meets Karl and fall in love and have an affair. Karl's friend Vigo mistakenly believes she's in love with him, causing rifts in all relationships.
- Date of release
- 1926-11-01
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (35)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Director
- Arnold Fanck, Leni Riefenstahl
Casting
- Leni Riefenstahl — Diotima
- Luis Trenker — Karl
- Ernst Petersen — Vigo
- Frida Richard — Mother
- Hannes Schneider — Mountain Guide
- Leontine Sagan
- Friedrich Schneider — Colli
Interesting facts
The Holy Mountain is a 1926 German mountain film directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker and Frida Richard. It was future filmmaker Riefenstahl's first screen appearance as an actress. Written by Arnold Fanck and Hans Schneeberger, the film is divided into nine parts, each introduced by an intertitle.
Production
The film began production in January 1925, but then was delayed due to weather and hospitalization of three actors. The film cost 1.5 million reichsmark to produce, and was released during the 1926 Christmas season.
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