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Demon of the Himalayas

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Demon of the Himalayas
Directed byAndrew Marton
Written by
Produced byGünter Oskar Dyhrenfurth
Starring
CinematographyRichard Angst
Music byArthur Honegger
Production
company
Tramontana
Distributed byTobis Film
Release date
  • 16 March 1935(1935-03-16)
Countries
  • Germany
  • Switzerland
LanguageGerman

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

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References

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  1. ^Holt,pp. 299–300.
  2. ^Holt,p. 303.
  3. ^Pitts,p. 229.

Bibliography

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  • 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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