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).

Original titleDer Dämon des Himalaya

Release1935-03-16

Runtime92 min

StatusReleased

CountriesSwitzerland, Germany

Original languageDE

SpokenGerman

DirectorAndrew Marton

WritersFritz Rau, Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth, Harold Dyrenforth, Eberhard Frowein, Mila Rau

ProductionTramontana

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