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Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat

1936•1h 31m•Documentary

Das Schicksal deutscher Helden

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.

Frank Leberecht · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 31m
LanguageDE
Release DateJan 1, 1936

Actors

Willy Merkl

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

Nima Norbu Sherpa

Self

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