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]

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
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Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 20 December 1927 (1927-12-20) (Germany)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent film,
German intertitles

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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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