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1931•1h 22m•Documentary

The Throne of the Gods

Record of the international expedition to climb Kangchenjunga in 1930. The German-Austrian-British expedition, led by Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth, had come from the Nepalese side and tried to reach the North Ridge via its NW face after failing in the north face, where the sherpa Chettan was killed in an avalanche. The attempt failed but the team made the first ascents of Rathong (6678m) and Jongsong Peak (7483m), and also climbed the Southwest peak of Nepal Peak.

Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth · Writer

Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 22m
LanguageDE
Release DateMar 10, 1931

Actors

Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth

Self - Expedition leader & lecturer, Germany (as Professor Dr. Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth)

Hettie Dyrenfurth

Self - Expedition participant, Germany

Hermann Hoerlin

Self - Expedition participant, Germany

Helmuth Richer

Self - Expedition participant, Germany (as Dr. Helmuth Richer)

Ulrich Wieland

Self - Expedition participant, Germany

John Hannah

Self - Expedition participant: England

George Wood Johnson

Self - Expedition participant: England

Frank Smythe

Frank Smythe

Self - Expedition participant: England

Erwin Schneider

Self - Expedition participant: Austria

Charles-Georges Duvanel

Self - Expedition participant: Switzerland

Marcel Kurz

Self - Expedition participant: Switzerland

Lowell Thomas

Lowell Thomas

Narrator (USA)

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