description The Mountain Eagle Overview
The Mountain Eagle is a 1926 silent drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock, primarily filmed at Emelka studios in Munich and Obergurgl, Austria. The story centers on a Kentucky widower’s rivalry for a schoolteacher's attention alongside his crippled son and a disliked acquaintance. Production faced challenges including weather conditions and stylistic influences from German cinema.
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info The Mountain Eagle Specifications
| Country | Germany |
| Year | 1926 |
help The Mountain Eagle FAQ
Is The Mountain Eagle a lost Hitchcock film?
Yes, no print of the 1926 silent drama is known to survive, making it one of the most sought-after lost films in British cinema. Only a small number of production stills and promotional materials remain to document it.
What was The Mountain Eagle released as in the United States?
It was distributed in the US under the title Fear o' God. The alternative title is one of the concrete details film historians use when tracking the movie's scattered release records.
What is The Mountain Eagle about?
It is a Kentucky-set drama about a widower's rivalry with a disliked acquaintance for the attention of a schoolteacher, complicated by the widower's crippled son. Curiously for a Kentucky story, it was filmed at the Emelka studios in Munich and on location in Obergurgl, Austria.
What did Hitchcock himself think of The Mountain Eagle?
Hitchcock famously disparaged the film, telling François Truffaut in their celebrated interview series that he considered it a bad picture. That dismissiveness, combined with the film's lost status, has only heightened interest in it among Hitchcock scholars.
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