Snows of Aorangi
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Snows of Aorangi |
| Country of production | New Zealand |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 19 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Brian Brake |
| script |
James K. Baxter Brian Brake |
| production |
Cyril Morton Geoffrey Scott for New Zealand Screen Board |
| music | Sigismondo d'Indy |
| camera | Brian Brake |
| cut | Brian Brake |
Snows of Aorangi is a 1954 New Zealand short film directed by Brian Brake .
action
The film introduces New Zealand, shows the wild rivers and Lake Wakatipu in the west of the country and the winter sports areas in the south and north. Different ski huts are presented. Finally the Aoraki / Mount Cook is shown in more detail. At the Almer Hut ski hut on the north side of the Franz Josef Glacier , the Canadian Harvey Clifford, the New Zealander Peter Lawlor and the Swiss Hans Rudi Bohny arrive in changeable weather that turns into a blizzard want to explore the aorangi further. The blizzard forces them to spend the night in the ski hut, which is connected to other huts via radio, so that it is soon certain that the three can continue their ascent the next day. The next morning brings better weather and the three of them climb a summit that day, on which Hans yodels and carries the echo of this yodelling on. This is followed by the demanding descent, past monumental snow formations, until the three of them arrive again on the wide snowy plains.
production
Snows of Aorangi was filmed by Brian Brake in 1953 and completed in 1954. The film first appeared in New Zealand in 1955; as an advertisement for winter sports in New Zealand it also ran outside New Zealand from 1954. The score is Sigismondo d'Indy's Symphony on a French Mountain Air , and the narrator was William Austin.
Awards
Snows of Aorangi was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 1959 . It was the first New Zealand film to receive an Oscar nomination.