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title: 'The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Georg Wilhelm Pabst'
released: '1929-11-15'
runtime_minutes: 139
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-white-hell-of-pitz-palu-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020570/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)

1929 · 139 min · Drama, Adventure · Germany

Original title: Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü

## Synopsis

The White Hell of Pitz Palu is a 1929 German silent mountain film co-directed by Arnold Fanck and G. W. Pabst and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Gustav Diessl, Ernst Petersen, and World War I pilot Ernst Udet. Written by Fanck and Ladislaus Vajda, the film is about a man who loses his wife in an avalanche while climbing the Piz Palü mountain, and spends the next few years searching the mountain alone for her body. Four years later he meets a young couple who agree to accompany him on his next climb. The White Hell of Pitz Palu was filmed on location in the Bernina Range in Graubünden, Switzerland. The film is regarded as one of the earliest examples of mountain films that combined adventure with human drama.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Georg Wilhelm Pabst](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-wilhelm-pabst), [Arnold Fanck](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-fanck)
- **Screenplay:** [Arnold Fanck](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-fanck), [Ladislaus Vajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislaus-vajda)
- **Editor:** [Arnold Fanck](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-fanck)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Willy Schmidt-Gentner](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-schmidt-gentner)
- **Producer:** [Harry R. Sokal](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-r-sokal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hans Schneeberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-schneeberger), [Sepp Allgeier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sepp-allgeier), [Richard Angst](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-angst)

## Cast

- [Leni Riefenstahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/leni-riefenstahl)
- [Kurt Gerron](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-gerron)
- [Gustav Diessl](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-diessl)
- [Ernst Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-petersen)
- [Ernst Udet](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-udet)

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