The White Stadium (German: Das weiße Stadion) is a 1928 Swiss documentary film directed by Arnold Fanck about the 1928 Winter Olympics which were held in the Swiss resort of St. Moritz. The film received the backing of the International Olympic Committee and was the first of the Winter Olympic feature films to be made.[1] It was financed and distributed by the major German studio UFA, but was not a commercial or critical success.[2]

The White Stadium
German film poster
GermanDas weiße Stadion
Directed byArnold Fanck
CinematographySepp Allgeier
Hans Schneeberger
Edited byWalter Ruttmann
Production
company
Olympia-Film
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 19 March 1928 (1928-03-19)
CountrySwitzerland
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Fanck's protégé Leni Riefenstahl later directed the much more successful Olympia portraying the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

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  1. ^ White, Rob & Buscombe, Edward (2003) British Film Institute Film Classics BFI ISBN 9781579583286 Vol 1, Page 376
  2. ^ Hinton, David B. The Films of Leni Riefenstahl. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. pp. 47-48. ISBN 1578860091.
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