Fanck, Arnold, 1889-1974
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- White hell of Pitz Palu, 199- :credits (Arnold Fanck)
- Cine Graph, 1984(Fanck, Arnold; producer; b. Mar. 6, 1889 in Frankenthal, d. Sept. 28, 1974 in Freiburg)
- Wikipedia WWW site, Feb. 17, 2009(Arnold Fanck; b. Mar. 6, 1889, Frankenthal; d. Sept. 28, 1974, Freiburg im Breisgau; directed mountain films, sports films, and ski films; held a Ph. D. in geology)
- LC database, Feb. 17, 2009(hdg.: Fanck, Arnold Ernst; usage: Arnold E. Fanck, A.E. Fanck)
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Wikipedia description:
Arnold Fanck (6 March 1889 – 28 September 1974) was a German film director and pioneer of the mountain film genre. He is best known for the extraordinary alpine footage he captured in such films as The Holy Mountain (1926), The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929), Storm over Mont Blanc (1930), The White Ecstasy (1931), and S.O.S. Eisberg (1933). Fanck was also instrumental in launching the careers of several filmmakers during the Weimar years in Germany, including Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, and cinematographers Sepp Allgeier, Richard Angst, Hans Schneeberger, and Walter Riml.
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