Demon of the Himalayas
Appearance
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Directed by | Andrew Marton |
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Produced by | Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth |
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Cinematography | Richard Angst |
Music by | Arthur Honegger |
Production company | Tramontana |
Distributed by | Tobis Film |
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Language | German |
Demon of the Himalayas(German:Der Dämon des Himalaya) is a 1935 German-Swiss co-productionadventure filmdirected byAndrew Martonand starringGustav Diessl,Erika Dannhoff,andGünter Oskar Dyhrenfurth.It is part of theMountain filmgenre which was popular during the era.
Interior filming took place at theGrunewald StudiosinBerlinwith sets designed by theart directorsFritz MaurischatandKarl Weber.Location shootingwas done during the 1934 International Himalayan Expedition and a number of the Expedition's participants appeared in the film. The film premiered inZürichin March 1935.[1]It received a mixed reception from critics.[2]It was remade inHollywoodby Marton in 1952 asStorm Over Tibet.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Gustav Diesslas Doctor Norman, Ethnologist
- Erika Dannhoffas Anne
- Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurthas Professor Wille
- Jarmila Martonas Ellen
- Hans Winzeleras Doctor Winkler
- Hans Ertlas Hans
- Albert Höchtas Bertl
- André Rochas André
- James Belaieffas Jimmy
- Piero Ghiglioneas Der italienische Bergsteiger und Journalist
- Dalibas Tibetanischer Träger
- Achmadas Tibetanischer Träger
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Holt, Lee Wallace (May 2008).Mountains, Mountaineering and Modernity: A Cultural History of German and Austrian Mountaineering, 1900–1945(PDF)(PhD). Austin: University of Texas.hdl:2152/3901.
- Pitts, Michael R. (2010).Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1982.Jefferson, NC: McFarland.ISBN978-0-7864-4447-2.
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Categories:
- 1935 films
- German adventure films
- Climbing and mountaineering films
- 1930s German-language films
- Films directed by Andrew Marton
- Films about Tibet
- Films set in the Himalayas
- Tibetan-language films
- Tobis Film films
- 1935 adventure films
- German black-and-white films
- Swiss black-and-white films
- 1930s German films
- Swiss film stubs
- Adventure film stubs