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Das Wunder des Schneeschuhs   [Original Title]

Marvels of the Snowshoe   [Title Translation]
Country of Origin: Germany
Year of origin: 1919/1920
Genre: n/a
Locations of shooting: Feldberg, Kreuzeck bei Garmisch, Berner Oberland

Credits
Set design: Robert Gilbert
Producer: Arnold Fanck
Production company: Berg- und Sportfilm GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
Screenplay: Deodatus Tauern
  Arnold Fanck
Production manager: Deodatus Tauern
Actor: Hannes Schneider (Skiläufer)
  Ernst Baader (Skiläufer)
  Sepp Allgeier (Skiläufer)
  Arnold Fanck (Skiläufer)
  Bernhard Villinger (Skiläufer)
Director: Arnold Fanck
Editing: Arnold Fanck
Director of photography: Sepp Allgeier
  Arnold Fanck


Keywords: Black Forest, landscape, mountains, ski-ing, Snow, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, winter sport
Documentary film about a daring snowshoe expedition, which reveals the beauty of the glaciers and the lonely mountain peaks in a height of 4.200 metres. Furthermore, the film shows the artistic skills of the dare-devil skiers on their downhill runs at breakneck speed and acrobatic jumps over crevasses. The skiers set of avalanches while the film shows those unique impressions of the winter landscapes of the black Forest and the Swiss Alps with gentle and calm shots. Documentary film about a daring snowshoe expedition, which reveals the beauty of the glaciers and the lonely mountain peaks in a height of 4.200 metres. Furthermore, the film shows the artistic skills of the dare-devil skiers on their downhill runs at breakneck speed and acrobatic jumps over crevasses. The skiers set of avalanches while the film shows those unique impressions of the winter landscapes of the black Forest and the Swiss Alps with gentle and calm shots.

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Language: n/a
Sound: Silent film
Aspect: n/a
Duration: 35 min

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