The White Ecstasy (German: Der weiße Rausch) is a 1931 German mountain film written and directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Hannes Schneider, Leni Riefenstahl, Guzzi Lantschner, and Walter Riml. The film is about the skiing exploits of a young village girl (played by Riefenstahl), and her attempts to master the sport of skiing and ski-jumping aided by the local ski expert (played by Schneider). Filmed on location in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, the film was one of the first to use and develop outdoor film-making techniques and featured several innovative action-skiing scenes.
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| Directed by | Arnold Fanck |
| Written by | Arnold Fanck |
| Produced by | Harry R. Sokal |
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| Edited by | Arnold Fanck |
| Music by | Paul Dessau |
Production company | Sokal-Film GmbH |
| Distributed by | Aafa-Film AG |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Two Tyrolean skiing stars, Walter Riml and Guzzi Lantschner, have important parts in this movie. They play two Hamburger carpenters in their traditional outfits. They come to the Arlberg and try to learn how to ski with the aid of two different skiing books. A Weisse Rausch downhill race, based on the film, is held every April in St. Anton.[1]
Cast
edit- Hannes Schneider as Hannes
- Leni Riefenstahl as Leni
- Rudi Matt as Rudi
- Lothar Ebersberg as Der kleine Lothar
- Guzzi Lantschner as Guzzi, the Hamburger carpenter
- Walter Riml as Walter, the Hamburger carpenter
- Otto Lantschner
- Harald Reinl
- David Zogg
- Josef Gumboldt
- Hans Kogler
- Luggi Foeger
- Benno Leubner
- Hans Salcher
- Kurt Reinl
References
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- Bibliography
- Filmwelt Nr. 51 (20 December 1931) Berlin
- Sadoul, Georges; Morris, Peter (1972). Dictionary of Film Makers University of California Press ISBN 978-0-520-02151-8 pg 79
- Hinton, David B. (2000) The Films of Leni Riefenstahl Scarecrow Press ISBN 9781461635062 pg 9-10
- Richards, Jeffrey (2013) Visions of Yesterday ISBN 131792861X pg 294
External links
edit- The White Ecstasy at IMDb
- The White Ecstasy at AllMovie
- Der weisse Rausch is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Walter Riml website
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