in hand into the path of an avalanche. Cast John Barrymore as Marcus Baltran Camilla Horn as Ciglia Victor Varconi as Lorenz Gruber Mona Rico as Pia Hobart Bosworth as Reverend Tass Evelyn Selbie as Pia's mother Bodil Rosing as Housekeeper Constantine Romanoff as Villager (uncredited) Production Filming locations Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada Reception In his review in The New York Times, Mordaunt Hall wrote, "Although it is capably acted and intelligently directed, with excellent scenic effects and settings, the story is not especially moving, which appears to be partly due to the sketchiness of the script." Hall found the acting to be generally good, describing Barrymore's work as "excellent" although having a "tendency to be too melodramatic". Hall described Horn's performance as "charmingly sympathetic, despite a touch too much of mascaro on her eyes". Finally, Hall applauded Lubitsch's Alpine scenes which he described as "realistic" and giving "a reasonably impressive conception of an avalanche during the closing stretches". In his review of the DVD on filmcritic.com, Christopher Null wrote: Preservation status This film was thought to be lost until a 16 mm print was found in the film collection of Mary Pickford, and was released with its Vitaphone music-and-sound effects track in the 1990s. The film was given a DVD release on April 24, 2001. References External links 1929 films 1929 romantic drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch Films set in Switzerland Films set in the Alps Films set in the 1800s United Artists films Films produced by Joseph M. Schenck 1920s rediscovered films 1920s historical romance films Films based on Swiss novels American romantic drama films American historical romance films Rediscovered American films 1920s American films Silent romantic drama films Silent American drama films 1920s English-language films Silent historical romance films