The Great Leap (film) explained

The Great Leap
Producer:	Arnold Fanck
Music:	Werner R. Heymann
Editing:	Arnold Fanck
Studio:	UFA
Distributor:	UFA
Runtime:	112 minutes
Country:	Germany
Language:	Silent film, German intertitles

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]

Cast

• Leni Riefenstahl as Gita
• Luis Trenker as Toni
• Hans Schneeberger as Michael Treuherz
• Paul Graetz as Paule

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Riefenstahl, Leni (1995) A Memoir NY Picador USA pg 60-62
• Hinton, David B. (2000) The Films of Leni Riefenstahl Scarecrow Press pg 7
• Rother, Rainer (2003) Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius Continuum
• Salkeld, Audrey (2011) A Portrait Of Leni Riefenstahl Random House pg 50-51

External links

• • Paul Graetz as Diener Paul http://www.walter-riml.at/welcome/photogallery/1927-gita-the-goat-girl/
• Luis Trenker http://www.walter-riml.at/welcome/1927-gita-the-goat-girl/
• Leni Riefenstahl http://www.walter-riml.at/welcome/1927-gita-the-goat-girl/

Notes and References

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