The Champion of Pontresina

{{Short description|1934 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Champion of Pontresina | image =The Champion of Pontresina.jpg | caption = | director = [[Herbert Selpin]] | producer = {{plainlist| * Max Iklé * [[Karl Schulz]] * Edwin Scotoni * [[Ralph Scotoni]] * Max Stöhr * [[Robert Wüllner]] }} | writer = {{Ill|Hans Richter (writer)|de|3=Johannes Richter (Schriftsteller)|lt=Hans Richter}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Sepp Rist]]|[[Rudolf Klicks]]|[[Eric Helgar]]}} | music = [[Will Meisel]] | cinematography = {{ubl|[[Sepp Allgeier]]|[[Richard Angst]]|[[Heinz von Jaworsky]]}} | editing = [[Lena Neumann]] | studio = {{ubl|Interna-Tonfilm AG|Schweizer Film-Finanzierungs|[[Terra Film]]}} | distributor =Terra Film | released = {{Film date|1934|05|23|df=yes}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = {{ubl|Germany|Switzerland}} | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Champion of Pontresina''''' ({{langx|de|'''Der Springer von Pontresina'''}}) is a 1934 German-Swiss [[comedy film]] directed by [[Herbert Selpin]] and starring [[Sepp Rist]], [[Rudolf Klicks]] and [[Eric Helgar]].<ref>Clarke & Doel p. 152</ref> It is also known by the [[alternative title]] of '''''Love in St. Moritz''''' ({{langx|de|'''Liebe in St. Moritz'''}}).

==Production== The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Robert A. Dietrich]] and [[Bruno Lutz]]. It was made by [[Terra Film]] and shot [[location filming|on location]] in [[Switzerland]], and at Terra's [[Marienfelde Studios]] in [[Berlin]].

==Cast== * [[Sepp Rist]] as Uli Boeker, Mannschaftsführer * [[Vivigenz Eickstedt]] as Tielko * [[Eric Helgar]] as Moritz * [[Rudolf Klicks]] as Max * [[Ludwig Gerner]] as Karl * [[Anni Markart]] as Violett Moore * [[Friedrich Ettel]] as Friedrich Holz, Industrieller * [[Georg H. Schnell]] as I.P. Moore, Bankier * [[Henry Lorenzen]] as H.W. Macpherson, Sportsmann * [[Ali Ghito]] as Marlen, Mannschaftsführerin * [[Edith Anders]] as Liess * [[Katja Bennefeld]] as Toni * [[Hilde Maria Rapp-Fidelius]] as Maria * [[Walter Rilla]] as Peter Tonani, Geigenvirtuose * [[Hans von Petersdorff]] as Eiskunstläufer * [[Hilda Rückert]] as Eiskunstläuferin * [[Hans Albin]] as Mitglied der Ski-Mannschaft * [[Hedi Heising]] as Ursula Holm * [[Erna Fentsch]] as Bertchen

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Clarke, David B. & Doel, Marcus A. ''Moving Pictures/Stopping Places: Hotels and Motels on Film''. Lexington Books, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0025824}}

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