''The Son of the White Mountain'' (German: ''Der Sohn der weißen Berge'') is a 1930
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mystery
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Films
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romance film
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directed by
Mario Bonnard
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Bonnard was born and died in Rome. He began his cinematic career as an actor becoming a popular romantic lead in numerous silent films made before World ...
and
Luis Trenker and starring Trenker,
Maria Matray and
Renate Müller. It was part of the popular series of
Mountain films
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of the era.
[Hoffmann, p. 128.] A separate French-language version was also released.
Cast
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Luis Trenker as Hans Turri
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Maria Matray as Anni
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Renate Müller as Mary Dulac
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Michael von Newlinsky
Michael von Newlinsky (21 June 1891 – 14 August 1964) was an Austrian film actor who appeared in numerous supporting roles during his career, in films such as Georg Wilhelm Pabst's ''Pandora's Box'' (1929).Roberts p.82
Selected filmography
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as Gregor Milacz
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Karl Steiner as Koste
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Emmerich Albert as Morel
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Sophie Pagay
Sophie Berg Pagay (22 April 1860 – 23 January 1937) was an Austrian stage and film actress, born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary. She began acting as a child, and went to Berlin to perform on stage in 1887. She married actor Hans Pagay.
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as Frau Turri, mother
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Leo Peukert
Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role i ...
as M. Dulac
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Jim Gérald
Jim Gérald (4 July 1889 – 2 July 1958) was a French actor.
Gérald was born Gérald Ernest Cuénod in Paris. He died in Paris in 1958.
Selected filmography
* ''La légende de soeur Béatrix'' (1923) - Un soudard
* ''The Imaginary Voyage' ...
as Desk Clerk
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Marcel Merminod as Police Commissioner Frank
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Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen.
Life and career
Bressart (pronounced "BRESS-ert") was born in East Prussia, Germany (now part of Russia). His acting debut came in 1914 as Malvo ...
as Jailer
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Berthe Ostyn as Susanne Milacz
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Hellmut Lantschner as Skier in Race Seq.
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Ludwig Lantschner as Skier in Race Seq.
References
Bibliography
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Hoffmann, Hilmar. ''The Triumph of Propaganda: Film and National Socialism, 1933–1945, Volume 1''. Berghahn Books, 1997.
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1930 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1930 mystery films
German mystery films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Mario Bonnard
Films directed by Luis Trenker
Films set in the Alps
Mountaineering films
German multilingual films
Skiing films
German black-and-white films
Films with screenplays by Franz Schulz
1930 multilingual films
1930s German films
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