The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929 film)

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The White Hell of Pitz Palu
German theatrical release poster
Directed by	Arnold Fanck G. W. Pabst
Written by	Arnold Fanck Ladislaus Vajda
Produced by	Harry R. Sokal
Starring	Leni Riefenstahl Gustav Diessl Ernst Petersen Ernst Udet
Cinematography	Sepp Allgeier Richard Angst Hans Schneeberger
Edited by	Arnold Fanck Hermann Haller
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	H. R. Sokal-Film GmbH
Distributed by	Aafa-Film AG
Release date	15 November 1929 (1929-11-15) (Germany)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent film, German intertitles

The White Hell of Pitz Palu (German: Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü) is a 1929 German silent mountain film co-directed by Arnold Fanck and G. W. Pabst and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Gustav Diessl, Ernst Petersen, and World War I pilot Ernst Udet. Written by Fanck and Ladislaus Vajda, the film is about a man who loses his wife in an avalanche while climbing the Piz Palü mountain, and spends the next few years searching the mountain alone for her body. Four years later he meets a young couple who agree to accompany him on his next climb. The White Hell of Pitz Palu was filmed on location in the Bernina Range in Graubünden, Switzerland.