Demon of the Himalayas (1935)
March 16, 1935Release Date
Plot.
Movie about an expedition in search of a mythical demon in the Himalaya mountains.
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Cast & Crew.
Gustav Diessl
Dr. Norman - Ethnologe
Erika Dannhoff
Anne
Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurt
Professor Wille - Leiter der Internationalen Himalaya-Expedition
Jarmila Marton
Ellen - seine Frau
Hans Winzeler
Dr. Winkler - Expeditionsarzt
Jarmila Vacková
Ellen - seine Frau
Hans Ertl
Hans - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
Andrew Marton
Director
Albert Höcht
Bertl - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
Harold Dyrenforth
Writer
André Roch
André - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
Eberhard Frowein
Writer
James Belaieff
Jimmy - junger Bergsteiger der Himalaya-Expedition
Fritz Rau
Writer
Mila Rau
Writer
Piero Ghiglione
Der italienische Bergsteiger und Journalist
Details.
Wiki.
Demon of the Himalayas (German: Der Dämon des Himalaya) is a 1935 German-Swiss co-production adventure film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Gustav Diessl, Erika Dannhoff, and Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth. It is part of the Mountain film genre which was popular during the era.
Location shooting was done during the 1934 International Himalayan Expedition and a number of the Expedition's participants appeared in the film. The film premiered in Zürich in March 1935. It received a mixed reception from critics. It was remade in Hollywood by Marton in 1952 as Storm Over Tibet.