Mountain of Destiny (German: Berg des Schicksals) is a 1924 German silent drama film written and directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Hannes Schneider, Frida Richard, Erna Morena, and Luis Trenker. The film is about an alpinist who falls to his death while climbing a dangerous peak. His son later succeeds where his father had failed. The film was released in the United Kingdom with the title The Mountaineers. After seeing Mountain of Destiny, Leni Riefenstahl, then a dancer, decided she wanted to start appearing in films.[1] She got in touch with Fanck and starred in his 1926 film The Holy Mountain.
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 German film poster | |
| German | Berg des Schicksals |
| Directed by | Arnold Fanck |
| Written by | Arnold Fanck |
| Produced by | Arnold Fanck |
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| Edited by | Arnold Fanck |
| Music by | Florian C. Reithner (2010) |
Production companies | Berg- und Sportfilm Alpenfilm AG, Villars-sur-Glâne |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent film German intertitles |
Plot
editAfter a mountaineer is killed attempting to climb a difficult mountain, his son dreams of conquering the peak that has defeated his father. But his mother makes him promise never to attempt it. Events eventually force her to release him from the promise, and he ascends the mountain successfully.
Cast
edit- Hannes Schneider as Bergsteiger
- Frida Richard as Bergsteiger's mother
- Erna Morena as Bergsteiger's wife
- Luis Trenker as Bergsteiger's son
- Gustav Oberg as Freund des Bergsteigers
- Hertha von Walther as Hella, Bergsteiger's daughter
- Werner Schaarschmidt as unknown climber
- H. von Hoeslin as unknown climber
References
edit- ^ Rother, Rainer (2003). Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius. London: Continuum. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-8264-7023-2.
External links
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Media related to Mountain of Destiny at Wikimedia Commons- Der Berg des Schicksals at MNTNFILM
- Der Berg des Schicksals at filmportal.de
- Film-Kurier #21, 1924 pg 1-8
- Mountain of Destiny at IMDb
- program from UFA Film Nights, 2022
- film restoration project at F. W. Murnau Foundation
- Der Berg des Schicksals on YouTube
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