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Sepp Allgeier
Born — Died
1895-02-06 — 1968-03-11
Place of birth
Freiburg, Germany
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Josef "Sepp" Allgeier (6 February 1895 – 11 March 1968) was a German cinematographer who worked on around fifty features, documentaries and short films. He began his career as a cameraman in 1911 for the Expreß Film Co. of Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1913, he filmed newsreels in the Balkans. He then became an assistant to Arnold Fanck, a leading director of Mountain films. He worked frequently with Luis Trenker and Leni Riefenstahl, both closely associated with the genre. He was Riefenstahl's lead cameraman on her 1935 propaganda film Triumph of the Will. During the Second World War, Allgeier filmed material for newsreels. He later worked in West German television. His son is the cinematographe…
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German Film Award
1951
10.0A record of the ascent and descent of Monte Rosa on skis by Arnold Fanck, Hans Rhode and Sepp Allgeier. The party starts from Zermatt through the Rhone Valley. They climb roped from the Betemps Cabane and reach the summit of Monte Rosa, then, they start the descent on skis to return to the refuge. The film is one of the first ski mountaineering films and the first collaboration between Allgeiger and Fanck, two of the fathers of the Bergfilm, the German mountain film genre.
4628 Meter hoch auf Skiern
1913
"Demonstration of rock climbing in the Dolomites. Four climbers scramble unroped up a gully on limestone rock. They rope up for a steep chimney, which the leader climbs. Their route continues up a wall, a crack, and across a traverse on a narrow ledge. This is the first German mountain film, made by Sepp Allgeier. Allgeier was the cameraman of Arnold Fanck, Leni Riefenstahl and Luis Trenker, so due to its invaluable contribution to the genre, he can be considered as one of the fathers of the Bergfilm, the German mountain film."
Alpine Rock Climbing Technique
1912
6.7A documentary about skiing at the beginning of the century.
Das Wunder des Schneeschuhs
1920
The life of the inhabitants in the snow-covered Black Forest region.
Wintersonne über dem Schwarzwald
1950
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Mit der Kamera im ewigen Eis – Teil 1
1913
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10.0A record of the ascent and descent of Monte Rosa on skis by Arnold Fanck, Hans Rhode and Sepp Allgeier. The party starts from Zermatt through the Rhone Valley. They climb roped from the Betemps Cabane and reach the summit of Monte Rosa, then, they start the descent on skis to return to the refuge. The film is one of the first ski mountaineering films and the first collaboration between Allgeiger and Fanck, two of the fathers of the Bergfilm, the German mountain film genre.
4628 Meter hoch auf Skiern
1913
"Demonstration of rock climbing in the Dolomites. Four climbers scramble unroped up a gully on limestone rock. They rope up for a steep chimney, which the leader climbs. Their route continues up a wall, a crack, and across a traverse on a narrow ledge. This is the first German mountain film, made by Sepp Allgeier. Allgeier was the cameraman of Arnold Fanck, Leni Riefenstahl and Luis Trenker, so due to its invaluable contribution to the genre, he can be considered as one of the fathers of the Bergfilm, the German mountain film."
Alpine Rock Climbing Technique
1912
The life of the inhabitants in the snow-covered Black Forest region.
Wintersonne über dem Schwarzwald
1950
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mit der Kamera im ewigen Eis – Teil 1
1913
A film about the refugee crisis in Germany.
In der Fremde zu Haus
1954
Short documentary about the german city Freiburg.
Freiburg im Breisgau, das Tor zum Hochschwarzwald
1936
Short documentary about the german city Freiburg.
Freiburg im Breisgau, das Tor zum Hochschwarzwald
1936
A documentary about the cycling race Tour of Germany in summer 1950
Helden der Landstrasse
1950