Nanga Parbat
“Das Schicksal deutscher Helden”
1936•1h 31m•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Frank Leberecht
Languages
German
Studio
Döring-Film Werke
Cast
Willy Merkl
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Willi Welzenbach
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Alfred Drexel
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Ulrich Wieland
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Fritz Bechtold
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Erwin Schneider
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Peter Aschenbrenner
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Peter Müllritter
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Willi Bernard
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Hanns Hieronimus
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Richard Finsterwalder
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Walter Raechl
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Peter Misch
Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Ang Tsering
Self
Pintso Norbu Sherpa
Self
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