The White Hell of Pitz Palu
The White Hell of Pitz Palu

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In 1925, the newlyweds Dr. Johannes Krafft and Maria spend their honeymoon in a mountaineering vacation. On October 6, while climbing the Piz Palü mountain near the Swiss borders with Italy, Johannnes ignores danger warnings. Shortly after, an avalanche traps Maria within a glacier. Johannes is unable to recover her body, but becomes obsessed with doing so. He spends the following four years wandering the mountain alone, in search of Maria's corpse. In 1929, the young couple... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The White Hell of Pitz Palu:

Gustav Diessl
Leni Riefenstahl
Ernst Petersen
Ernst Udet
Mizzi Götzel
Otto Spring

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In 1925, the newlyweds Dr. Johannes Krafft and Maria spend their honeymoon in a mountaineering vacation. On October 6, while climbing the Piz Palü mountain near the Swiss borders with Italy, Johannnes ignores danger warnings. Shortly after, an avalanche traps Maria within a glacier. Johannes is unable to recover her body, but becomes obsessed with doing so. He spends the following four years wandering the mountain alone, in search of Maria's corpse. In 1929, the young couple of Hans Brandt and Maria Maioni plan to climb Piz Palü. They learn of Maria's death and get acquainted with Johaness. Hans offers to join Johaness in his next climb of the mountain. Maria is annoyed to be left behind, and follows them on her own. Another avalanche injures Hans, and Johanness rescues him at the cost of breaking his own leg. The trio spends the night in an ice cave. The mountain guide Christian organizes a rescue party, which locates the trio but fails in recovering them. Hans is in a suicidal mood, and Johanness is further injured while preventing Hans' suicide attempt. Erns Udet the aviator attempts to parachute supplies to the trapped trio, but fails. He manages, however, to record their exact location, Meanwhile, Johaness uses his jacket to cover Hans, willing to freeze to death to save the younger man. Christian eventually manages to rescue Hans and Maria, and has them nursed back to health. Johaness is considered deceased, with his corpse lost on the mountain.

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Slant Magazine - 8/10 by Fernando F. CroceThe most spectacular shot remains a close-up of a tear forming in Riefenstahl's terrified visage.
User Review - 10/10 by David HA Masterpiece of Impressionism-Expressionism The Fight between Man and Mountain Breathtaking Cinematography & Action Bombastic Soundtrack, Brilliant Acting and Leni Riefenstahl is so bewichting
User Review - 6/10 by Andrey BStunning cinematography, tedious storytelling.
User Review - 6/10 by Nathan MWhile trying to go the distance on Leni Riefenstahl's convincing performance and an abundance of gorgeous winter mountain imagery, Pitz Palu ultimately falls into a crevasse due to a redundancy in the latter. The film does have its moments, namely Riefenstahl showing a restrained aptitude instead of huge heroics and dramatic night rescue footage, but showing the audience similar shots of snowy faces over and over again only bloated the length and made the film feel tedious and repetitive. I think the film could have benefitted from shaving about 25 minutes from its 133 minute runtime. Or perhaps if Leni herself had directed it, the editing would have actually been unique and have provided us with something to chew on for those extra minutes. In the end though I trust that Quentin Tarantino is a good compass regarding film in general and am glad that he pointed me toward (via Inglourious Basterds) what is undoubtedly one of the definitive "mountain" films of the time.

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