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Ski Heil - The Two Planks That Mean the World

Ski Heil - The Two Planks That Mean the World

Ski Heil - Die zwei Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten, Austria, 2008, 86 min, Digi Beta, Adventure and Sports, Archive, History, Portrait
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Recreational sport, competitive sport, and tourist attraction: today skiing is a matter of course, but it wasn´t always this way: 80 years ago, four Austrian mountain boys raced down the snow-capped mountains on self-made skis, organized the first competitive races, and became the co-founders of a mass movement. The film traces not only their pioneering achievements, but a shared love for skiing which stayed with them over a lifetime, sometimes opening up glittering opportunities, sometimes providing a framework to overcome personal and political dilemmas. From early on, the fate of all four men was closely linked to Austrian and German history. One was the private ski instructor of Albert Speer; one was a cameraman for Leni Riefenstahl; three of them were members of the Olympic Ski Racing Team for the Winter Olympics 1936 hosted by the Third Reich. This film is about passion and repression, about men and their values that can't be easily categorized in today's world.
Director:
Richard Rossmann
Producer:
Richard Rossmann
Director of photography:
Bella Halben
Screenplay:
Richard Rossmann
Editor:
Richard Rossmann
Sound:
Bella Halben
Music:
Fabian Müller, Rufus Wainwright, Mario Dancso
Languages:
German
Subtitles:
English
Diagonale Graz 2009, Austria
Best European Documentary - ECU European Independent Film Festival Paris 2009,, France
Bozner Filmtage 2009, Italy

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