Nordwand [videorecording] = North face / Beta Cinema presents a Danny Krausz & Boris Schönfelder production by Dor Film-West in association with Medienkontor Movie ... [et al.] in cooperation with ORF ; screenplay by Christoph Silber ... [et al.] ; produced by Danny Krausz ... [et al.] ; directed by Philipp Stölzl.
Title from container. Benno Fürmann, Johanna Wokalek, Florian Lukas, Simon Schwarz, Georg Friedrich, Ulrich Tukur. Additional production companies: Dor Film, Triluna Film, Majestic Filmproduktion, Lunaris Film-und Fernsehproduktion, Bayerisischer Rundfunk Ard/Degeto, Schweizer Fernsheen, SRG SSR Idee S̀̀̀usse. Additional screenplay writers: Rupert Henning, Philipp Stölzl, Johannes Naber. Additional producers: Boris Schönfelder, Rudolf Santschi, Benjamin Herrmann. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008. Special features: visual effects of North Face; the making of North Face; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Based on a true story, a gripping adventure about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps, the north face of the Eiger. Set in 1936, Nazi propaganda urges German alpinists to conquer the mountain, and two reluctant young climbers, Toni and Andi, attempt a daring ascent, closely followed by two Austrian climbers. All goes well at first, but then the climbers lose their advantage over the mountain and the race against time and forces of nature begins.
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