Name: The Holy Mountain
Start: 2024-02-22T19:00:00
Location: Bertramstraße 8

Frank Strobel

hr-Sinfonieorchester

The dramatic mountain film about the friendship between two mountain climbers who fall in love with the same woman captivates with its unique images. Starring Leni Riefenstahl, Ernst Petersen and Luis Trenker, it was shot by mountain film pioneer Arnold Fanck using the latest camera technology amidst ice and snow. The outdoor shots were shot in the Swiss Alps. Film architect Leopold Blonder needed four weeks just to build the 16-meter-high central "ice palace." When filming was delayed and temperatures rose, it threatened to melt and ultimately had to be rebuilt. With its atmospheric backlit shots, its idiosyncratic editing and its acrobatic performances by the actors and athletes, the film satisfies the cinema audience's need for entertainment and the pleasure of watching and shuddering. The film can be heard for the first time in this concert with its impressive accompanying music by Edmund Meisel, once classified as avant-garde - in the version newly orchestrated and dubbed by the Mainz composer Bernd Thewes on behalf of ZDF/ARTE, which will also be played by the hr Symphony Orchestra in this context.