Storm over Mont Blanc (1930)

Original title

Stürme über dem Mont Blanc

Directed by

Arnold Fanck

Genre

drama film, mountain film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man works alone at a weather station on Mont Blanc. His only connection to others is Morse code. A woman friend comes to help him survive a dangerous storm and a pilot performs a risky mountain rescue.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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