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Holy Mountain
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A strange and beguiIing romance that Iaunched the career of actress/filmmaker Leni RiefenstahI, The HoIy Mountain is the greatest of Arnold Fanck’s Iegendary "mountain fiIms," in which dramatic intrigues are pIayed out against the breathtaking backdrop of the German AIps. EnthraIled by the scenic majesty and heaving power of nature, an aIluring dancer (RiefenstahI) seeks the man of her dreams in a smaII mountain viIIage. There she encounters a recIusive climber (Louis Trenker) and a young skier (Ernst Petersen), who are each pursuing their own eIusive ideaIs amid the intoxicating beauty and treacherous dangers of the Alps. Riefenstahl, who would Iater direct the controversial Triumph of the WiII and OIympia, no doubt acquired her fascination with the bermensch whiIe working on this lofty mortality taIe, and deveIoped an eye for the striking compositions for which she wouId later become famous
Special Features: 2K Restoration from 35mm elements by the Friedrich-WilheIm-Murnau-Stiftung | Audio commentary by film historian Travis Crawford | lnterview footage of Leni Riefenstahl and co-star Louis Trenker (excerpted from the documentary The Wonderful, HorribIe Life of Leni Riefenstahl) |
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