S.O.S. Eisberg
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SOS Eisberg (1933
) is a German-U.S. coproduction, released by Universal Studios
in both Germany and the U.S. The film is a dramatic mountain film
directed by Arnold Fanck
, and filmed in Engadin
, Switzerland
and in Greenland
. The film premiered August 30, 1933 in Berlin. It was filmed simultaneously in English as S.O.S. Iceberg.
Among its stars were Leni Riefenstahl
, who had just co-directed The Blue Light
(1932), and would go on to direct Nazi-inspired films such as Victory of Faith
(1933), Triumph of the Will
(1934), and Day of Freedom (1935). Riefenstahl costarred with Gustav Diessl
and Ernst Udet
in the German version, and with Gibson Gowland
and Rod La Rocque
in the English version.
1933 in film
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) is a German-U.S. coproduction, released by Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
in both Germany and the U.S. The film is a dramatic mountain film
Mountain film
A mountain film is a film genre that focuses on mountaineering and especially the battle of man against nature. In addition to mere adventure, the protagonists who return from the mountain come back changed, usually gaining wisdom and enlightenment....
directed by Arnold Fanck
Arnold Fanck
Arnold Fanck was a pioneer of the German mountain film....
, and filmed in Engadin
Engadin
The Engadin or Engadine is a long valley in the Swiss Alps located in the canton of Graubünden in southeast Switzerland. It follows the route of the Inn River from its headwaters at Maloja Pass running northeast until the Inn flows into Austria one hundred kilometers downstream...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and in Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. The film premiered August 30, 1933 in Berlin. It was filmed simultaneously in English as S.O.S. Iceberg.
Among its stars were Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens , a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party...
, who had just co-directed The Blue Light
Das Blaue Licht
Das Blaue Licht is a black-and-white 1932 film written and directed by Leni Riefenstahl and Béla Balázs, with uncredited scripting by Carl Mayer. In Riefenstahl's film version, the witch, Junta, played by Riefenstahl, is intended to be a sympathetic character...
(1932), and would go on to direct Nazi-inspired films such as Victory of Faith
Der Sieg des Glaubens
Der Sieg des Glaubens is the first documentary film directed by Leni Riefenstahl, who was hired despite opposition from Nazi officials that resented employing a woman — and a non-Party member too...
(1933), Triumph of the Will
Triumph of the Will
Triumph of the Will is a propaganda film made by Leni Riefenstahl. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, which was attended by more than 700,000 Nazi supporters. The film contains excerpts from speeches given by various Nazi leaders at the Congress, including portions of...
(1934), and Day of Freedom (1935). Riefenstahl costarred with Gustav Diessl
Gustav Diessl
Gustav Diessl was an Austrian artist, and film and stage actor.-Biography:Diessl was born Gustav Karl Balthasar in Vienna. In 1916, he was an extra on different stages in Vienna but was soon recruited into the army for World War I...
and Ernst Udet
Ernst Udet
Colonel General Ernst Udet was the second-highest scoring German flying ace of World War I. He was one of the youngest aces and was the highest scoring German ace to survive the war . His 62 victories were second only to Manfred von Richthofen, his commander in the Flying Circus...
in the German version, and with Gibson Gowland
Gibson Gowland
Gibson Gowland was an English film actor.Early sources had his birth place place as Newcastle. He started work as a sailor and later became mate of a ship...
and Rod La Rocque
Rod La Rocque
-Biography:He was born Roderick La Rocque in Chicago, Illinois. He began appearing in stock theater at the age of seven and eventually ended up at the Essanay Studios in Chicago where he found steady work until the studios closed. He then moved to New York City and worked on the stage until he was...
in the English version.