---
title: 'The White Ecstasy (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arnold Fanck'
released: '1931-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-white-ecstasy-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022552/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The White Ecstasy (1931)

1931 · 94 min · Comedy · Germany

Original title: Der weiße Rausch – neue Wunder des Schneeschuhs

## Synopsis

The White Ecstasy is a 1931 German mountain film written and directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Hannes Schneider, Leni Riefenstahl, Guzzi Lantschner, and Walter Riml. The film is about the skiing exploits of a young village girl, and her attempts to master the sport of skiing and ski-jumping aided by the local ski expert. Filmed on location in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, the film was one of the first to use and develop outdoor film-making techniques and featured several innovative action-skiing scenes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arnold Fanck](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-fanck)
- **Screenplay:** [Arnold Fanck](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-fanck)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Dessau](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dessau)
- **Producer:** [Harry R. Sokal](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-r-sokal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Richard Angst](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-angst), [Hans Karl Gottschalk](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-karl-gottschalk), [Kurt Neubert](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-neubert)

## Cast

- [Gustav Lantschner](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-lantschner)
- [Rudolph Matt](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolph-matt)
- [Walter Riml](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-riml)
- [Hannes Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-schneider)
- [Anton Seelos](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-seelos)
- [Otto Lantschner](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-lantschner)
- [Harald Reinl](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-reinl)
- [David Zogg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-zogg)
- [Benno Leubner](https://cinepixo.com/people/benno-leubner)
- [Leni Riefenstahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/leni-riefenstahl)

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