Storm Over Mont Blanc / Sturme uber dem Mont Blanc (1930)

In the Mont Blanc Observatory works Hannes. The only contact to the outside world is a pilot and Hella over the morse-code-radio. As Hella climbs the mountain with her father, the father dies. Also Hannes gets endangered as his fingers freeze. But Hella gets help.

Director: Arnold Fanck
Cast: Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Ernst Udet, Mathias Wieman, Friedrich Kay?ler, Alfred Beierle, Ernst Petersen, David Zogg, Beni Fuhrer, Rahmi, Guzzi Lantschner, Benno Leubner, Harald Reinl, Luggi Foeger, Claus von Suchotzky, Josef Gumboldt, Hans Kogler, Otto Leubner, Kurt Reinl, Julius Rahmi, Walter Traut

Hella Armstrong (Leni Riefenstahl) is introduced to a rugged recluse meteorologist, Hannes (Sepp Rist), who lives alone at the top of a mountain. Both Hannes and his friend, pilot Ernst Udet (as himself), are vying for Hella. Hannes who thinks he has lost, unknown to Hella, forgoes his vacation form the cabin to find his self caught in a storm without gloves. And things are about to get worse. Will Hella find out in time to save him? Is Ernst still his friend and be able to fly to his aid? Or will this end with a Hannes-cicle?
At first I though that this film was not too sophisticated even for the time with its stilted dialog and frivolous story. Later the film the story started to come together to be more intriguing. And when the storm struck it became down right fascinating.
The stars of the film are the mountains and the clouds (shot in elapse time.) This is one of the earliest of the series of German Mountain Movies. While Leni Riefenstahl was acting in this film she learned the fundamentals of filming techniques that she expanded on in the films that she directed

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