Stürme über dem Mont Blanc

Stürme über dem Mont Blanc
Directed byArnold Fanck
Written byArnold Fanck
Produced by
  • Gabriel Levy
  • Harry R. Sokal
Starring
Cinematography
  • Hans Schneeberger
  • Richard Angst
  • Sepp Allgeier
Edited byArnold Fanck
Music byPaul Dessau
Production
company
Distributed byAafa-Film AG
Release date
  • 25 December 1930 (1930-12-25) (Germany)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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. 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.