THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (Masters of Cinema) New & Exclusive HD Trailer

German filmmaker Arnold Fanck made this beautifully photographed Bergfilm, or ‘mountain film’, in 1926. Written in three days and nights – especially for Leni Riefenstahl – THE HOLY MOUNTAIN took over a year to film in the Alps with an entourage of expert skiers and climbers. Ostensibly a love triangle romance – between Riefenstahl’s young dancer and the two explorers she encounters – Fanck relishes the glorious Alpine landscape by filming death-defying climbing, avalanche dodging, and frenetic downhill sk