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Battle for the Himalaya

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Epic documentary about the German expeditions to Nanga Parbat up to 1937. After a first unsuccessful attempt in 1932 and the tragic second expedition led by Willy Merkl in 1934, in 1937 Karl Wien led another expedition to the mountain following the same route as Merkl's expeditions. Progress was made, but more slowly than before due to heavy snowfall. About 14 June seven Germans and nine Sherpas, almost the entire team, were at Camp IV below Rakhiot Peak when it was overrun by an avalanche. All sixteen men died. The film was assembled in 1938 with rescued 16mm material shot during the 1937 attempt and footage from the previous expeditions.

Directed byFrank Leberecht, Franz Schröder

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
DE
Released
March 4, 1938
Studios
Tobis-MelofilmDeutsche Himalaja-Stiftung

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Karl Wien

Self

Pert Frankhauser

Self

Hans Hartmann

Self

Ulrich Luft

Self

Günther Hepp

Self

Adolf Gottner

Self

Peter Müllritter

Self

Carl Troll

Self

Martin Pfeffer

Self

Da Thondup

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Frank Leberecht
Franz Schröder
Written by
Frank Leberecht

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