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Demon of the Himalayas
Der Dämon des Himalaya1935
- Andrew Marton
- 1h 32m
- March 16, 1935 · Switzerland
Overview
German film about a Himalayan expedition and the search for a mountain spirit, who guarded, according to the tradition of the locals, the peaks of high mountains. The long-lost and recently rediscovered and restored film is now a unique cinematic document because it is the first feature film that was shot directly in the Himalayas (up to 6400 m altitude). Hans Ertl even turned his Bell & Howell to the main summit of Sia Kangri, 7422m. Likewise, the film contains footage from India and Tibet, from a time long before the emergence of mass tourism. Some of the footage was later recycled in ‘Lost horizon’ (1937) by Frank Capra and in ‘Storm over Tibet’ (1952).
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 16, 1935
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Production
- Tramontana
- Cast
- James Belaieff,Jenny Leyde,Machmad,Marcel Kurz,Piero Ghiglione,Rudolf Biebrach,Albert Höcht,Josef Dahmen,Jarmila Vacková,André Rochand 11 more
- Director
- Andrew Marton
- Cinematography
- Richard Angst
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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