Song of the Snow (Canción de la nieve), 1954

Guzzi Lantschner, the Austrian Alpine skier who took German citizenship in 1936 in order to compete in the 1936 Olympics (he took silver in Alpine Combined), spent WWII as a cameraman for Leni Riefenstahl, making Nazi propaganda films. After the war he emigrated to Bariloche, Argentina, and directed this Spanish-language rom-com set on the slopes and in the deluxe hotel of the Catedral ski area. Lantschner himself plays a local photographer. The plot hinges on the flirtation of a glamorous blonde journalist with an Ecuadorean ski racer, who has eyes only for a team-mate. Silly plot, but plenty of great skiing footage in spectacular scenery. One of the skiers is Tahoe's favorite Argentine, Osvaldo Ancinas, then a slim 20-year-old. 74 minutes.