Release Date

01 Jan, 1935

Runtime

00:20: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Short version of 'Nanga Parbat' (1936), the 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.

Original Title

Deutsche Eisenbahner im Kampf um den Nanga Parbat

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Actors

Willy Merkl

Peter Aschenbrenner

Fritz Bechtold

Willi Bernard

Alfred Drexel

Peter Müllritter

Ulrich Wieland

Ang Tsering

Erwin Schneider

Peter Misch

Richard Finster

Walter Raechl

Willi Welzenbach

Pintso Norbu Sherpa

Nima Norbu Sherpa

Nima Dorje II Sherpa

Gaylay Sherpa

Dakshi Sherpa

Nima Tashi Sherpa

Crew