Storm Over Mont Blanc (Sturme ber Dem Mont Blanc) (1930) On DVD

Actor :      Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Ernst Udet, Mathias Wieman, Friedrich Kayßler
Director:   Arnold Fanck
Genre:       Foreign Video - German
Year:         1930
Studio:      Kino Lorber films
Length:     93
Released: November 8, 2005
Rating:      Unrated (Video)
Format:     DVD
Misc:          Black & White
Language:German
Subtitles : English

DESCRIPTION:

In a lonely outpost atop the treacherous Mont Blanc, an intrepid scientist lives with minimal connection to the world below. Through the telegraph, Hannes (Sepp Rist) communicates with a beautiful astronomer (Leni Riefenstahl), and is occasionally visited by an airplane upon whom he depends for supplies. In the midst of a ferocious snowstorm, Hannes loses his gloves and his weather station is battered by the elements. Suffering from frostbite and unable to descend the mountain, he sends out a desperate S.O.S. in the hope that someone can brave the elements and rescue him certain death. Eerily romantic and overshadowed by the constant threat of doom, Storm Over Mont Blanc (St++rme ++ber dem Montblanc) is a quintessential "Mountain Film" by Arnold Fanck, the genre's innovator and unparalleled master.