The Great Leap () is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker and Hans Schneeberger. A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.

Cast

Leni Riefenstahl as Gita

Luis Trenker as Toni

Hans Schneeberger as Michael Treuherz

Paul Graetz as Paule

References

Notes

Bibliography

Riefenstahl, Leni (1995) A Memoir NY Picador USA pg 60-62

Hinton, David B. (2000) The Films of Leni Riefenstahl Scarecrow Press pg 7

Rother, Rainer (2003) Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius Continuum

Salkeld, Audrey (2011) A Portrait Of Leni Riefenstahl Random House pg 50-51

External links

Paul Graetz as Diener Paul http://www.walter-riml.at/welcome/photogallery/1927-gita-the-goat-girl/ Luis Trenker http://www.walter-riml.at/welcome/1927-gita-the-goat-girl/ Leni Riefenstahl http://www.walter-riml.at/welcome/1927-gita-the-goat-girl/

The Great Leap (film)

1927 films

1927 comedy films

Films of the Weimar Republic

German silent feature films

German adventure comedy films

Films directed by Arnold Fanck

Mountaineering films

Skiing films

Films set in Italy

Films set in the Alps

German black-and-white films

UFA GmbH films

1920s German-language films

Silent adventure comedy films

1920s German films

The Great Leap (film)