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Arnold Fanck (6 March 1889 – 28 September 1974) was a German film director and pioneer of the mountain film genre. [1] [2] He is best known for the extraordinary alpine footage he captured in such films as The Holy Mountain (1926), The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929), Storm over Mont Blanc (1930), The White Ecstasy (1931), and S.O.S ...
Arnold Heinrich Fanck (* 6. März 1889 in Frankenthal, Rheinpfalz; [1] † 28. September 1974 in Freiburg im Breisgau) [2] war ein deutscher Geologe, Fotograf, Erfinder, Film darsteller, Kameramann, Filmproduzent, Drehbuch- und Buchautor sowie Filmregisseur.
Sep 15, 2022 · Leni Riefenstahl was one of the most controversial artists of the 20th century. Her mentor, Arnold Fanck, was a German film pioneer of the 20s, now largely forgotten.
Arnold Fanck. Director: The White Hell of Pitz Palu. Arnold Fanck was born March 6, 1889, in Frankenthal, Germany. A trained geologist, he began making documentary and action films after the end of World War I, and his love of geology inspired him to shoot his films in remote mountain locations.
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Jan 4, 2021 · The man who pioneered a new film genre. In the 1920s German filmmaker Arnold Fanck began shooting films high in the mountains. He and his team dragged cameras on sledges to reach the highest...
Jan 18, 2023 · Arnold Fanck (1889–1974), pioneer of the specifically German genre of the Bergfilm (mountain film), began life as a sickly child with breathing problems.
Jun 22, 2018 · A mountaineer turned amateur filmmaker who became a major figure in German silent cinema, Arnold Fanck (1889-1974) is remembered largely as the man who made the dancer and future Nazi...
