Synopsis
Record of the 1934 German expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Peter Aschenbrenner and Erwin Schneider reached an estimated height of 7,895m on July 6, but were forced to return because of worsening weather. On July 7 they and 14 others were trapped by a ferocious storm at 7,480m. During the desperate retreat that followed, three famous German mountaineers, Uli Wieland, Willo Welzenbach and Merkl himself, and six Sherpas died of exhaustion, exposure and altitude sickness, and several more suffered severe frostbite.
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Key crew
- Frank LeberechtDirector
- Bernd ScholzOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Willy MerklSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Willi WelzenbachSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Alfred DrexelSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Ulrich WielandSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Fritz BechtoldSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Erwin SchneiderSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Peter AschenbrennerSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Peter MüllritterSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Willi BernardSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Hanns HieronimusSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Richard FinsterwalderSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
- Walter RaechlSelf - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Themes
asiaexpeditionmountainmountaineertalkieclimbingblack and whiteindiamountain climbingmountaineeringeurasiaclimber