The White Stadium
The White Stadium | |
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German | Das weiße Stadion |
Directed by | Arnold Fanck |
Cinematography | Sepp Allgeier Hans Schneeberger |
Edited by | Walter Ruttmann |
Production company | Olympia-Film |
Distributed by | UFA |
Release date |
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Country | Switzerland |
Languages | Silent German intertitles |
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 Olympic feature films to be made. It was financed and distributed by the major German studio UFA, but was not a commercial or critical success.[1]
Fanck's protégé Leni Riefenstahl was later to direct the much more successful Olympia portraying the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
References[]
- ^ Hinton, David B. The Films of Leni Riefenstahl. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. pp. 47-48. ISBN 1578860091.
External links[]
- The White Stadium at Olympics.com
- The White Stadium at IMDb
Categories:
- 1928 films
- Swiss films
- Films directed by Arnold Fanck
- Swiss silent films
- Swiss documentary films
- Swiss black-and-white films
- 1928 documentary films
- Documentary films about the Olympics
- 1928 Winter Olympics
- Swiss film stubs
- Silent documentary film stubs