The White Hell of Pitz Palu is a 1929 German silent mountain film co-directed by Arnold Fanck and G. W. Pabst and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Gustav Diessl, Ernst Petersen, and World War I pilot Ernst Udet. Written by Fanck and Ladislaus Vajda, the film is about a man who loses his wife in an avalanche while climbing the Piz Palü mountain, and spends the next few years searching the mountain alone for her body. Four years later he meets a young couple who agree to accompany him on his next climb. The White Hell of Pitz Palu was filmed on location in the Bernina Range in Graubünden, Switzerland.
The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
Directed by Arnold Fanck / Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Romance, Silent Film |
Sub-Genres - Silent Film |
Release Date - Oct 10, 1929 |
Run Time - 150 min. |
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Mountain, Mountain Climbing, Mountain Film, Rescue, Snow
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Narrative Location: Switzerland
Subject: Alps
Subject: Alps
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Alternate Titles
Avalanche
GB
Białe piekło
PL
De witte hel
NL
De witte hel van Pitz Palü
NL
Det hvide Helvede
DK
Det hvite helvete
NO
Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü
DE
Die weisse Hölle vom Piz Palü
AT
L'enfer blanc du Piz Palu
FR
La tragedia di Pizzo Palù
IT
Lavinen
SE
O Inferno Branco do Piz Palü
BR
På fjället i storm
SE
Piz Palü fehér pokla
HU
Prisioneros de la montaña
ES
Prisonniers de La Montagne
FR
Shi no ginrei
JP
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
, AU, CA, GB
Valge põrgu
EE
Valkoinen helvetti
FI
White Hell of Pitz Palu
IN, IE, US
Η λευκή κόλαση του Πιτς Παλού
GR
帕吕峰的白色地狱
CN
死の銀嶺
JP