Hitchcocks second film was a coproduction of Gainsborough Pictures Ltd. (London) and Emelka (Munich). It was shot in December 1925 and January 1926 in the Alpes of Tyrol and in the Orbis-Atelier Gründwald near Munich.
"The Mountain Eagle" is lost, but some stills still exist. 34 of them are printed in "Hitchcock's Notebooks" by Dan Auiler page 6 till 11.
Producer: Michael Balcon
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Eliot Stannard, Max Ferner
Story: Charles Lapworth
Cinematographer: Gaetano di Ventimiglia
Production Design: Ludwig and Willy Reiber
Cast:
Nita Naldi - Beatrice
Malcolm Keen - John Fulton
Bernhard Goetzke - Mr. Pettigrew
William John Hamilton - Edward Pettigrew
Release Dates:
6 May 1926 Munich
27 May 1926 Berlin (Schauburg)
25 May 1927 London
References:
Auiler, Dan. Hitchcock’s notebooks – An authorized and illustrated look inside the creative mind of Alfred Hitchcock. Avon Books: New York, 1999.
Duncan, Paul. Alfred Hitchcock - Sämtliche Filme. Taschen: Köln u.a., 2003.
Lenk, Sabine. Obsessionen - Die Albtraum-Fabrik des Alfred Hitchcock. Schüren Verlag: Marburg, 2000.
McGilligan, Patrick. Alfred Hitchcock - A Life in Darkness and Light. Regan Books: New York, 2003.
Truffaut, François. Truffaut/Hitchcock. Diana Verlag: München, Zürich.
Der Film Nr. 19, 9.5.1926.
Der Kinematograph Nr. 1003, 9.5.1926.
Die Filmwoche Nr. 21, 19.5.1926.
Film-Kurier Nr. 262, 6.11.1925.
Film-Kurier Nr. 302, 24.12.1925.
Film-Kurier Nr. 001, 1.1.1926.
by Annika Milz, Deutsche Kinemathek
Annika Milz, Deutsche Kinemathek, 12.08.2008
