Arnold Fanck

Arnold Fanck

director, producer, writer

Arnold Fanck was born on Mar 06, 1889 in Germany. Arnold Fanck's big-screen debut came with Das Wunder des Schneeschuhs directed by Arnold Fanck in 1920. Arnold Fanck is known for White Hell of Pitz Palu directed by Arnold Fanck, Gustav Diessl stars as Dr. Johannes Krafft and Leni Riefenstahl as Maria Maioni. The most recent award Arnold Fanck achieved is German Film Awards. The upcoming new movie Arnold Fanck plays is The White Hell of Pitz Palu which will be released on Nov 13, 1953.

Arnold Fanck was born March 6, 1889, in Frankenthal, Germany. A trained geologist, he began making documentary and action films after the end of World War I, and his love of geology inspired him to shoot his films in remote mountain locations. These pictures became immensely popular with the German audiences and led to what is known as the "mountain films", a genre that was pretty much begun by Fanck but carried on by other German and Austrian directors. Fanck worked most notably with Leni Riefenstahl, Georg Wilhelm Pabst and American director Tay Garnett.

  • Birthday

    Mar 06, 1889
  • Place of Birth

    Frankenthal, Palatinate, Bavaria [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

German Film Awards
1964
For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.
Winner - Honorary Award