White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)

Director
Arnold Fanck; G.W. Pabst

Main cast
Gustav Diessl; Leni Riefenstahl; Ernst Petersen; Ernst Udet; Mizzi Götzel

Genres
Drama

Description
A man climbs a 12,000-foot mountain to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes the dangerous climb with him.


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