The Great Leap
German theatrical release poster
Directed byArnold Fanck
Written byArnold Fanck
Produced byArnold Fanck
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byArnold Fanck
Music byWerner R. Heymann
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 20 December 1927 (1927-12-20) (Germany)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent film,
German intertitles

The Great Leap (German: Der grosse Sprung) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker and Hans Schneeberger.[1] A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.[2]

Cast

References

Notes
  1. ^ Hinton p. 129.
  2. ^ Peabody, Seth (2021) “Image, Environment, Infrastructure: The Social Ecologies of the Bergfilm” Humanities 10#1:38 doi.org/10.3390/h10010038
Bibliography
  • Riefenstahl, Leni (1995) A Memoir NY Picador USA ISBN 0-312-11926-7 pg 60-62
  • Hinton, David B. (2000) The Films of Leni Riefenstahl Scarecrow Press ISBN 9781461635062 pg 7
  • Rother, Rainer (2003) Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius Continuum ISBN 978-0826470232
  • Salkeld, Audrey (2011) A Portrait Of Leni Riefenstahl Random House ISBN 9781446475270 pg 50-51

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Films directed by Arnold Fanck
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