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Demon of the Himalayas

8.0(1)19351h 32m2

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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German
  • himalaya mountain range
  • asia
  • expedition
  • mountain
  • mountaineer
  • talkie
  • rucksack
  • climbing
  • back pack
  • black and white
  • spirit
  • demon

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Switzerland, Germany

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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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