The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1950 film)

The White Hell of Pitz Palu
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
Directed by	Rolf Hansen
Written by	Arnold Fanck (novella); Erna Fentsch;
Produced by	Rolf Hansen; Friedrich A. Mainz; Harry R. Sokal; Walter Traut; Chiel Weissmann;
Starring	Hans Albers; Liselotte Pulver; Adrian Hoven; Antje Weisgerber;
Cinematography	Richard Angst
Edited by	Anna Höllering
Music by	Mark Lothar
Production; companies	Rolf Hansen Film; Sokal-Film;
Distributed by	Deutsche London Film
Release date	10 October 1950;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The White Hell of Pitz Palu (German: Föhn) is a 1950 West German mountain film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Hans Albers, Liselotte Pulver and Adrian Hoven. It is a remake of Arnold Fanck's 1929 film The White Hell of Pitz Palu.^[1] Interiors were shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Fritz Lück . It was a prominent early role for the emerging Swiss star Pulver.

Plot[edit]

A young American couple accompany a veteran mountaineer on a dangerous climb in the Swiss Alps.

Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7611-8.

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