05 Sep 2003
Touching the Void
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
In the Shadow of Karakorum
In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Karakoram Mountains, geographically north of the Himalayas. They come across the Hunza, a people who live in the valley of the same name and believe they are descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. The documentary conveys impressions of the poor life of the Hunza people, the harvest, a court hearing, festivals and the children's everyday school life. Finally, the expedition sets off again and sets up its main camp on the moraine ridge of a glacier, where they measure the glacier and the earth's magnetic field. Finally, some men from the research community set off for a sub-peak of Batura.
Top Billed Cast
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer Self - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)
Otto Mellies Self - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)
Wolfgang Pillewizer Self - Scientific Director
Paul Bernett Self - Expedition Doctor
Anderl Heckmair Self - Expedition Member
Karl Heckler Self - Expedition Member (†)
Gerhard Klamert Self - Expedition Member
Dolf Meyer Self - Expedition Member
Karl Heinz Pfaffen Self - Expedition Member
Hans-Jochen Schneider Self - Expedition Member
Karl Wienert Self - Expedition Member
Hans Zeitter Self - Expedition Member
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