Demon of the Himalayas
Overview
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
Top Cast
Gustav Diessl
Dr. Norman - Ethnologe
Erika Dannhoff
Anne
Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth
Professor Wille - Leiter der Internationalen Himalaya-Expedition
Jarmila Vacková
Ellen - his Wife
Hans Winzeler
Dr. Winkler - Expedition doctor
Hans Ertl
Hans - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
Albert Höcht
Bertl - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
André Roch
André - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
James Belaieff
Jimmy - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
Piero Ghiglione
Der italienische Bergsteiger und Journalist
