Demon of the Himalayas (1935)
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).
Director: Andrew Marton
https://www.mntnfilm.com/en/film/der-daemon-des-himalaya-1935
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Gustav Diessl as Dr. Norman - Ethnologe |
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Erika Dannhoff as Anne |
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Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth as Professor Wille - Leiter der Internationalen Himalaya-Expedition |
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Jarmila Vacková as Ellen - his Wife |
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Hans Winzeler as Dr. Winkler - Expedition doctor |
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Hans Ertl as Hans - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition |
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Albert Höcht as Bertl - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition |
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André Roch as André - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition |
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James Belaieff as Jimmy - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition |
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Piero Ghiglione as Der italienische Bergsteiger und Journalist |
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Dalib as Tibetanischer Träger |
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Machmad as Tibetanischer Träger |
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Josef Dahmen as |
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Paul Rehkopf as |
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Rudolf Biebrach as |
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Valeska Stock as |
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Ernst Karchow as |
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Karl Jönsson as |
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Rio Nobile as |
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Jenny Leyde as |
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Marcel Kurz as Other member of the expedition |
| Writing | Fritz Rau | Writer |
| Directing | Andrew Marton | Director |
| Production | Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth | Producer |
| Writing | Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth | Idea |
| Sound | Arthur Honegger | Music |
| Camera | Richard Angst | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Harold Dyrenforth | Idea |
| Writing | Eberhard Frowein | Writer |
| Writing | Mila Rau | Writer |
| Production | Johann Leonhard Jost | Producer |
| Production | Edgar Neumann | Producer |
| Crew | Richard Angst | Cinematography |
| Editing | Carl Forcht | Editor |
| Art | Fritz Maurischat | Production Design |
| Art | Karl Weber | Production Design |
| Production | Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth | Production Manager |
| Production | Hedwig Dyhrenfurth | Production Manager |
| Production | Rudolf Fichtner | Unit Manager |
| Production | Walter Guse | Production Manager |
| Directing | Ilse Lange | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Eugen von Beulwitz | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Hans Rütten | Sound |
| Camera | Hans Ertl | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Albert Höcht | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Jarmila Vacková | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Fritz von Friedl | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Leo Borchard | Conductor |
