White Vertigo

1956 1h 36m IT

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 4

Documentary

Synopsis

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A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Emma Albright
Self - Figure Skater
Renzo Alvera
Self - Bobsledder
Max Angst
Self - Bobsledder
Nikolai Anikin
Self - 4 x 10K Relay
Madeleine Berthod
Self - Skier
Viktor Baranov
Self - Skier

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Giorgio Ferroni
Writers: Giorgio Ferroni, Giorgio Stegani
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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1 / 7

ERA

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70 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 7

ERA

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Emma Albright and Renzo Alvera and Max Angst carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0049916 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Giorgio Ferroni directs. Alberto Verdejo cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

170 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Alberto Verdejo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Emma Albright and Renzo Alvera and Max Angst carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0049916 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Alberto Verdejo
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Status: Released
Original language: IT
IMDB: White Vertigo (1956)

Part of

100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012 is the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the International Olympic Committee. The documentaries collected here cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger”: Jesse Owens shattering world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean-Claude Killy dominating the Grenoble slopes in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the Games’ first women’s marathon in Los Angeles in 1984.