
Demon of the Himalayas
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).
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- Released
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- Language
- German
- himalaya mountain range
- asia
- expedition
- mountain
- mountaineer
- talkie
- rucksack
- climbing
- back pack
- black and white
- spirit
- demon
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Release dates
AustriaAT
- Theatricalday & month of release unknown1 Jan 1936
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical24 Oct 1936
GermanyDE
- Theatrical20 Mar 1935
SwitzerlandCH
- TheatricalGerman-speaking region16 Mar 1935
- TheatricalLocarno Film Festival. Exact day unknown.1 Aug 1998
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Demon of the Himalayas was released on 16 March 1935.
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