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Demon of the Himalayas

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German film about a Himalayan expedition and the search for a mountain spirit, who guarded, according to the tradition of the locals, the peaks of high mountains. The long-lost and recently rediscovered and restored film is now a unique cinematic document because it is the first feature film that was shot directly in the Himalayas (up to 6400 m altitude). Hans Ertl even turned his Bell & Howell to the main summit of Sia Kangri, 7422m. Likewise, the film contains footage from India and Tibet, from a time long before the emergence of mass tourism. Some of the footage was later recycled in ‘Lost horizon’ (1937) by Frank Capra and in ‘Storm over Tibet’ (1952).

Directed byAndrew Marton

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
DE
Released
March 16, 1935
Studios
Tramontana

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Gustav Diessl

Gustav Diessl

Dr. Norman - Ethnologe

Erika Dannhoff

Anne

Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth

Professor Wille - Leiter der Internationalen Himalaya-Expedition

Jarmila Vacková

Jarmila Vacková

Ellen - his Wife

Hans Winzeler

Dr. Winkler - Expedition doctor

Hans Ertl

Hans - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition

Albert Höcht

Bertl - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition

André Roch

André - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition

James Belaieff

Jimmy - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition

Piero Ghiglione

Der italienische Bergsteiger und Journalist

Creative team
Directed by
Andrew Marton
Andrew Marton
Written by
Fritz Rau
Eberhard Frowein
Produced by
Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth
Johann Leonhard Jost

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