Release Date

01 Jan, 1936

Runtime

01:31: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Nanga Parbat

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Actors

Willy Merkl

Willi Welzenbach

Alfred Drexel

Ulrich Wieland

Fritz Bechtold

Erwin Schneider

Peter Aschenbrenner

Peter Müllritter

Willi Bernard

Hanns Hieronimus

Richard Finsterwalder

Walter Raechl

Peter Misch

Ang Tsering

Pintso Norbu Sherpa

Nima Norbu Sherpa

Nima Dorje II Sherpa

Hans von Tschammer und Osten

Gaylay Sherpa

Dakshi Sherpa

Nima Tashi Sherpa

Crew

Frank Leberecht

Bernd Scholz

Fritz Bechtold

Giuseppe Becce