Biography
Reinhold Messner, born September 17, 1944 in Bressanone/Brixen in South Tyrol, is a German-speaking Italian mountaineer, considered by many to be one of the best of the 20th century. A great defender of the alpine style and destroyer of the expedition style, he is notably known for having made the first ascent of Everest without oxygen supply with Peter Habeler, in May 1978, and was the first to have climbed the fourteen peaks more 8,000 meters in 1986.
Acted in 10
2020s
- 2021
Sul Tetto del Mondo - Walter Bonatti e Rossana Podestà
Movie
- 2020
Meine Achttausender – Reinhold Messner
TV
2010s
- 2018
The Holy Mountain
Movie
- 2017
Peter Habeler: … I Want to See the World From Above
Movie
- 2016
Still Alive - Dramma Sul Monte Kenya
Movie
- 2014
The Dream Line
Reinhold Messner
- 2012
Walter Bonatti, King of the Alps
Reinhold Messner
1990s
- 1990
Lhotse - l'anno nero del serpente
Movie
No release date
Viktor & I: An Alexander Vesely Film
Reinhold Messner
The Matterhorn. The Perfect Mountain
Movie
Directed 5
2020s
- 2025
Still Alive – The Drama on Mount Kenya
Director
- 2021
Nanga Parbat - Mein Schlüsselberg
Director
2010s
- 2019
Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche
Director
- 2012
No release date
K2 - La grande controversia
Director
Wrote 3
2020s
- 2020
Meine Achttausender – Reinhold Messner
Book
2010s
- 2019
Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche
Writer
1990s
- 1991
Scream of Stone
Idea
Camera 3
1980s
- 1985
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Second Unit Director of Photography
1970s
- 1979
Everest Unmasked
Director of Photography
Appearances70
2020s
- 2026
Through Silence and Wind
Self
- 2025
K2 Chasing Shadows
Self (archive footage)
- 2024
- 2021
Nanga Parbat - Mein Schlüsselberg
Self
2010s
- 2019
Die große Terra X-Show
Self · 1 episode
Reinhold Messner - Heimat. Berge. Abenteuer.
Self · 5 episodes
Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche
Self
- 2018
Manaslu: Mountain of Souls
Self
- 2017
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
Self
- 2016
Denis Urubko - My Own Way
Self (archive footage)
Yeti: Myth, Man or Beast?
Himself
- 2015
Kukuczka
Self
Messners Himalaya
Self · 3 episodes
- 2014
Jurek
Self
David Lama - Off Limits on Rock and Ice
Self
- 2013
Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell
Self
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Self
W di Walter
Self
- 2012
Messner
Self
- 2011
Art of Freedom
Self
- 2010
Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens
Self · 1 episode
2000s
- 2009
Riccardo Cassin, 100 Anni - Un secolo di alpinismo passato alla storia
Self
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
Don Whillans - Myth and Legend
Self
- 2001
Là-Haut, Un supplément d'âme
Self
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
Everest at Any Cost
Self (archive footage)
- 1997
- 1995
- 1994
The Himalayas
Self · 8 episodes
- 1993
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
self (archive footage)
- 1992
Gaia Symphony
Self · 1 episode
The Climbers
Self · 6 episodes
- 1991
Galahad of Everest
Self
- 1990
1980s
- 1987
- 1986
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self
- 1985
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Self
Niemanns Zeit
Himself
- 1981
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
Everest Unmasked
Self
- 1977
- 1976
Music & Guests
Self · 2 episodes
1950s
- 1959
1940s
- 1948
No release date
Manaslu - Road to the Mountain, Road to a Friend
Himself
Thanked in the credits1
2000s
- 2007
Lissi and the Wild Emperor
Thanks