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Das Blaue Licht

The Blue Light

Germany 1932
produced by
Leni Riefenstahl, Harry R. Sokal
directed by Leni Riefenstahl
starring Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wieman, Beni Führer, Max Holzboer, Martha Mair, Franz Madacea
screenplay by Béla Balázs, Leni Riefenstahl, based on the novel Bergkristall by Gustav Renker, music by Giuseppe Becce

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Somewhen in historical neverland: A little Tyrolean alpine village on the foot of the Monte Cristallo lives in fear of the mountain that towers over it - especially at full moon when the mountain emits a blue light that seems to hypnotize all those who see it and lures them to climb up the allegedly unclimbable mountain. None of the climers have ever returned alive though ...

Junta (Leni Riefenstahl), a poor girl dressed in rags, is the only one able to climb the Monte Cristallo, and for that she is considered a witch by the villagers and has long been driven out of town. That she is repeatedly found carrying rock crystals around doesn't create the villagers' trust in her either.

Enter Vigo (Mathias Wieman), a painter from Vienna who is not familiar with the local legends and superstitions, and he takes an instant liking in Junta, even more so when he sees her persecuted by the locals.

One day, Vigo follows Junta up the mountains to her home, and after some mistrust, Junta welcomes him into her little hut - and before you know it, the two fall in love, even though they don't speak each others language. Vigo moves in with Junta, she soon finds him to be the first man she can trust in ages, and everything couldn't be more beautiful ... until the next full moon, when Vigo finds Junta staring at the blue light shining from Monte Cristallo as if in a trance. Eventually she starts climbing the mountain, and Vigo decides to follow her.

Following Junta's route, Vigo makes it to the top unharmed, where he finds her sitting entranced - in a cave full of rock crystals, the reflection of which makes the mountain shine blue.

With the best of intentions, Vigo tells the villagers about the cave where a fortune worth of rock crystals is waiting to be plucked, and he also gives them the route (Junta's route) how to get there unharmed. That same day, the locals make it up the mountain and harvest the mountain crystals.

Vigo makes his way back to Junta's place to tell her the news, which he considers good news, but doesn't find her. Junta has climbed up to her cave to find it empty, feels her trust betrayed, and throws herself off the mountain to her death. All Vigo can find below is her shattered corpse ...

 

By and large, German mountain films from the 1930's are considered folkloristic kitsch accompanied by half-baked mountain adventures.

This film however marks an exception to the rule: Sure, it's painfully cheesy in parts - but in other parts it plays like a horror film, and it's thanks to first-time-director Leni Riefenstahl that the legend of Junta and her rock crystals has not become just your typical, forgettable mountain film but a darkly atmospheric piece of cinema carried not so much by its actors or story but by carefully arranged shots that invariably hit the right note, mood-wise.

Now be warned, Das Blaue Licht is by no means kitsch-free, and apart from Riefenstahl's wild mountain girl most performances are cringe-worthy, but if you can look past that you find probably not a masterpiece but a diamond in the rough and the work of a very talented director - who unfortunately would soon use her talent for all the wrong purposes.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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