North Face (film)
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| Directed by | Philipp Stölzl |
| Produced by | Boris Schönfelder Danny Krausz Benjamin Herrmann |
| Written by |
Christoph Silber Rupert Henning Johannes Naber Phillip Stölzl |
| Starring |
Benno Fürmann Florian Lukas Johanna Wokalek Ulrich Tukur |
| Music by | Christian Kolonovits |
| Cinematography | Kolja Brandt |
| Edited by | Sven Buddelmann |
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121 minutes |
| Country | Germany, Austria, Switzerland |
| Language | German |
North Face (German: Nordwand) is a 2008 German historical fiction film directed by Philipp Stölzl and starring Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, and Ulrich Tukur. Based on a famous 1936 attempt to climb the Eiger north face, the film is about two German climbers involved in a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps.
The movie portrays an attempt in 1936 to summit the Eiger via the north face by two competing climbing teams. The more prominently featured pair of German climbers are Toni Kurz (Fürmann) and Andi Hinterstoisser (Lukas) from Berchtesgaden. After being refused leave from the German army (falsely claiming one of them is getting married and the other is to be Best Man), they quit their service in order to make the attempt. They are portrayed as being more interested in mountaineering than in the current politics of the time. The competing team of Austrians that eventually teams up with the German team are portrayed as hoping for a Nazi-led incorporation of Austria into Germany. Watching their summit attempt is their childhood friend Luise (Wokalek), now working for a German newspaper, who is accompanied by her cynical superior Mr. Arau (Tukur).
After a successful theatrical run in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, the film was released in several non-German speaking countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan from 2009-2010, receiving favorable reviews throughout.
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