The Blue Light is a movie directed by Leni Riefenstahl and Béla Balázs in 1932 and based on the book Bergkristall by Gustav Renker, first published in 1930. The movie features Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wieman, Beni Führer, Max Holzboer, Martha Mair, Franz Maldacea, and others.
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Storyline
Junta is hated by the people in the village where she lives, especially by the women, who suspect her of being a witch. Only she can climb the nearby mountains to a cave high up, whence a mysterious blue light glows when the moon is full. Many young men of the village have died trying to follow her. She is driven out of town, and takes to living in the mountains. Eventually she shares the secret of the blue light with one man, and he betrays it.
Movie vs Book
Year
1932
Minutes
85
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Blue Light
Original title: Das blaue Licht - Eine Berglegende aus den Dolomiten
Director: Leni Riefenstahl, Béla Balázs
Country: Germany
Year: 1932
Length: 1h25m
Year
1930
Pages
269
Book Rate
10.00
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Book
Bergkristall
Author: Gustav Renker
Country: Switzerland
First published in: 1930
Length: 269 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“I had to unlearn a lot of novelistic stuff to do a screenplay.”
RICHARD PRICE (Writer, Scriptwriter)
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