No climber has ever reached the summit of The Devil’s Peak - but a young mountaineer is compelled to try.
The film
In the 1920s, the mountain film emerged as one of the most popular genres in German cinema. One of its leading figures was the former geologist Arnold Fanck, who popularised the genre with this, his first feature-length fiction film . The new digital restoration by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation allows the film’s breath-taking location photography to shine in all its splendour.
“This reviewer has never seen a picture, on or off Broadway, which has actually thrilled him more than The Mountain of Destiny…The majestic heights of the Alps are gloriously photographed. ”
— Moving Picture World, June 27th 1925
The music
Acclaimed silent film pianist Jonny Best returns to Harrogate Theatre.
