The Great Leap (film)
Appearance
The Great Leap | |
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Directed by | Arnold Fanck |
Written by | Arnold Fanck |
Produced by | Arnold Fanck |
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Edited by | Arnold Fanck |
Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Languages | Silent film, German intertitles |
The Great Leap (German: Der grosse Sprung) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker and Hans Schneeberger.[1] A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Leni Riefenstahl as Gita
- Luis Trenker as Toni
- Hans Schneeberger as Michael Treuherz
- Paul Graetz as Paule
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ Hinton p. 129.
- ^ Peabody, Seth (2021) “Image, Environment, Infrastructure: The Social Ecologies of the Bergfilm” Humanities 10#1:38 doi.org/10.3390/h10010038
- Bibliography
- Riefenstahl, Leni (1995) A Memoir NY Picador USA ISBN 0-312-11926-7 pg 60-62
- Hinton, David B. (2000) The Films of Leni Riefenstahl Scarecrow Press ISBN 9781461635062 pg 7
- Rother, Rainer (2003) Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius Continuum ISBN 978-0826470232
- Salkeld, Audrey (2011) A Portrait Of Leni Riefenstahl Random House ISBN 9781446475270 pg 50-51
External links
[edit]- The Great Leap at IMDb
- Paul Graetz as Diener Paul http://www.walter-riml.at/welcome/photogallery/1927-gita-the-goat-girl/
- Luis Trenker http://www.walter-riml.at/welcome/1927-gita-the-goat-girl/
- Leni Riefenstahl http://www.walter-riml.at/welcome/1927-gita-the-goat-girl/
Categories:
- 1927 films
- 1927 comedy films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- German adventure comedy films
- Films directed by Arnold Fanck
- Climbing and mountaineering films
- Skiing films
- Films set in Italy
- Films set in the Alps
- German black-and-white films
- UFA GmbH films
- 1920s German-language films
- Silent adventure comedy films
- 1920s German films
- Films scored by Werner R. Heymann
- 1920s comedy film stubs
- Silent German film stubs