Der weiße Rausch – neue Wunder des Schneeschuhs (The White Flame - new Miracles of the Snowshoe) is a 1931

1931 in film

-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:*Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM*Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul*Best Actor: Wallace Beery - The Champ*Best Actor: Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...

 mountain film

Mountain film

A mountain film is a film genre that focuses on mountaineering and especially the battle of man against nature. In addition to mere adventure, the protagonists who return from the mountain come back changed, usually gaining wisdom and enlightenment....

 directed by Arnold Fanck

Arnold Fanck

Arnold Fanck was a pioneer of the German mountain film....

 starring future filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens , a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party...

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Also two tyrolian skistars, Walter Riml

Walter Riml

Walter Riml was an Austrian cameraman and actor.- Life :The 2,05 m tall Tyrolean at first was trained as a carpenter and an interior designer. As a passionate sportsman and skier he contacted the Mountainfilm-pioneer Arnold Fanck who made a film in the Tyrolean area of Arlberg in 1927...

 and Guzzi Lantschner, have an important part in this movie. They have the part of two Hamburger carpenters in their traditional outfits. They come to the Arlberg

Arlberg

Arlberg is a mountain range or massif between Vorarlberg and Tyrol in Austria.The highest peak is the "Valluga" at . The name Arlberg derives from the tradition of the "Arlenburg," who are said to have once established themselves on the Tyrolean side of the Arlberg passes . Another story derives...

and try to learn how to ski with the aid of two different skibooks.

External links

• Homepage Walter Riml. Infos and documents