North Face
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Philipp Stolzl
Johanna Wokalek
Benno Fürmann
Florian Lukas
Simon Schwarz
Georg Friedrich
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Based on a true story, about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. In 1936, Nazi propaganda urges German Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif, the Eiger, bringing two reluctant climbers, Toni Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser, to begin their daring ascent and attempt to scale the infamous rock face, often called the Murder Wall. While preparing themselves at the foot of the North Face, Toni and Andi unexpectedly run into Luise, the early love of Toni. Now a journalist, she has come with her boss Arau, a loyal Nazi, to report about the first ascent. Toni begins the ascent of the North Face with Andi, closely followed by two Austrians Willy Angerer and Edi Rainer. All g s well at first as both rope teams make good headway but then the climbers lose their advantage over the mountain and the race against time and the forces of nature begins.
Director
Philipp Stolzl
Cast
Johanna Wokalek
Benno Fürmann
Florian Lukas
Simon Schwarz
Georg Friedrich
Ulrich Tukur
Erwin Steinhauer
Petra Morze
Hanspeter Muller
Branko Samarovski
Crew
Kolja Brandt
Sven Budelmann
Anja Dihrberg
Heinz Ebner
Rupert Henning
Benjamin Herrmann
Birgit Hutter
Stefan Kessner
Christian Kolonovits
Udo Kramer
Danny Krausz
Andi Lang
Johannes Naber
Benedikt Roskau
Rudolf Santschi
Boris Schönfelder
Stefan Schrupp
Christoph Silber
Max Stolzenberg
Philipp Stolzl
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 29, 2010
Released in United States February 12, 2010
Released in United States August 2008
Released in United States October 2008
Released in United States 2009
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 6-16, 2008.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Open Cinema) October 2-10, 2008.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 21-June 14, 2009.
Based on actual events.
Released in Austria October 24, 2008.
Released in United States Winter January 29, 2010
Released in United States February 12, 2010 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States August 2008 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 6-16, 2008.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Open Cinema) October 2-10, 2008.)
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 21-June 14, 2009.)
