Demon of the Himalayas (1935)

Plot Summary

German film about a Himalayan expedition and the search for a mountain spirit, who guarded, according to the tradition of the locals, the peaks of high mountains. The long-lost and recently rediscovered and restored film is now a unique cinematic document because it is the first feature film that was shot directly in the Himalayas (up to 6400 m altitude). Hans Ertl even turned his Bell & Howell to the main summit of Sia Kangri, 7422m. Likewise, the film contains footage from India and Tibet, from a time long before the emergence of mass tourism. Some of the footage was later recycled in ‘Lost horizon’ (1937) by Frank Capra and in ‘Storm over Tibet’ (1952).

Full Cast & Characters

Gustav Diessl

Dr. Norman - Ethnologe

Erika Dannhoff

Anne

Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth

Professor Wille - Leiter der Internationalen Himalaya-Expedition

Jarmila Vacková

Ellen - his Wife

Hans Winzeler

Dr. Winkler - Expedition doctor

Hans Ertl

Hans - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition

Albert Höcht

Bertl - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition

André Roch

André - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition

James Belaieff

Jimmy - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition

Piero Ghiglione

Der italienische Bergsteiger und Journalist

Dalib

Tibetanischer Träger

Machmad

Tibetanischer Träger

Director & Crew

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