S.O.S. Eisberg

SOS Eisberg (SOS Iceberg in the U.S.) (1933) is a German-U.S. coproduction, released by Universal Studios in both Germany and the U.S. The film is a dramatic mountain film directed by Arnold Fanck, and filmed in Engadin, Switzerland and in Greenland. The film premiered August 30, 1933 in Berlin. It was filmed simultaneously in English as S.O.S. Iceberg. Among its stars were Leni Riefenstahl, who had just co-directed The Blue Light (1932), and wou... more

SOS Eisberg (SOS Iceberg in the U.S.) (1933) is a German-U.S. coproduction, released by Universal Studios in both Germany and the U.S. The film is a dramatic mountain film directed by Arnold Fanck, and filmed in Engadin, Switzerland and in Greenland. The film premiered August 30, 1933 in Berlin. It was filmed simultaneously in English as S.O.S. Iceberg. Among its stars were Leni Riefenstahl, who had just co-directed The Blue Light (1932), and would go on to direct Nazi-inspired films such as Victory of Faith (1933), Triumph of the Will (1934), and Day of Freedom (1935). Riefenstahl costarred with Gustav Diessl and Ernst Udet in the German version, and with Gibson Gowland and Rod La Rocque in the English version. less