The White Hell of Pitz Palu

1929 2h 30m DE

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 31

DramaAdventure

Synopsis

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Dr. Johannes Krafft climbs a 12,000-foot mountain over and over again to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes the dangerous climb with him.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gustav Diessl
Dr. Johannes Krafft
Leni Riefenstahl
Maria Maioni
Ernst Petersen
Hans Brandt
Ernst Udet
Flieger Udet
Mizzi Götzel
Maria Krafft
Otto Spring
Christian Klucker
Kurt Gerron
guest at night club (Mann im Salon)
Charles McNamee
Narrator in USA sound version (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: G.W. Pabst
Writers: Ladislaus Vajda, Arnold Fanck
Languages: No Language
Countries: Germany

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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97 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by G.W. Pabst, shot by Richard Angst. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Hermann Haller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Gustav Diessl and Leni Riefenstahl and Ernst Petersen carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0020570 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 31 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

G.W. Pabst directs. Richard Angst behind the camera. Hermann Haller cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in No Language.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
297 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by G.W. Pabst, shot by Richard Angst. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Hermann Haller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Gustav Diessl and Leni Riefenstahl and Ernst Petersen carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0020570 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 31 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 47 themes, including "rescue", "mountain", "mountaineer", "europe".
10Released under 30 different titles around the world.