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Documentary / Chronicle
Skiing Everest
Les Guthman (2009)
Filmed by Mike Marolt over ten years, 'Skiing Everest' tells the story of a group of close friends, lead by Mike Marolt and his twin brother Steve, who grew up in Aspen, Colorado and went on to become the first Americans to ski from above 8,000 meters (26,247 ft.) when they skied from the summit of Shisha Pangma in Tibet in 2000, and then challenged the highest slopes in the world on Mt. Everest. The film also tells the history of high altitude skiing, dating back to the 1930s; and includes interviews with Hans Kammerlander, who was the first to ski from the summit of Everest; Laura Bakos, the first woman to ski from the summit of an 8,000 m. peak; and Chris Davenport, the two-time world extreme skiing champion.- 2009
- USA
- 82 min
Filmed by Mike Marolt over ten years, 'Skiing Everest' tells the story of a group of close friends, lead by Mike Marolt and his twin brother Steve, who grew up in Aspen, Colorado and went on to become the first Americans to ski from above 8,000 meters (26,247 ft.) when they skied from the summit of Shisha Pangma in Tibet in 2000, and then challenged the highest slopes in the world on Mt. Everest. The film also tells the history of high altitude skiing, dating back to the 1930s; and includes interviews with Hans Kammerlander, who was the first to ski from the summit of Everest; Laura Bakos, the first woman to ski from the summit of an 8,000 m. peak; and Chris Davenport, the two-time world extreme skiing champion.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Uomini sull'Everest
Norman Dyhrenfurth (1954)
Alternative version of the film Mount Everest 1952, the official record of the swiss expeditions to climb Mount Everest in 1952. Led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, the 1952 spring Swiss Mount Everest expedition saw Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reach a height of about 8,595 metres (28,199 ft) on the southeast ridge, setting a new climbing altitude record, opening up a new route to Mount Everest and paving the way for further successes by other expeditions. The film also records a second Swiss expedition in the autumn of 1952, after the monsoon, the first serious attempt to climb Everest at that time of year.Norman Dyhrenfurth, André Roch
- 1954
- Switzerland
- 44 min
Alternative version of the film Mount Everest 1952, the official record of the swiss expeditions to climb Mount Everest in 1952. Led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, the 1952 spring Swiss Mount Everest expedition saw Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reach a height of about 8,595 metres (28,199 ft) on the southeast ridge, setting a new climbing altitude record, opening up a new route to Mount Everest and paving the way for further successes by other expeditions. The film also records a second Swiss expedition in the autumn of 1952, after the monsoon, the first serious attempt to climb Everest at that time of year.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
André Roch - La montagne pour passion
Raymond Medard (1990)
The film evokes the brilliant career of the Geneva-based mountaineer André Roch, one of the most significant figures in the history of Swiss mountaineering. With Robert Greloz, his faithful companion, he played a leading role in the conquest of the last untouched walls of the Mont Blanc massif and the Valais Alps; Roch was the author of twenty-four first climbs in the Western Alps, eight in Greenland and fifteen in the Himalayas. A highly talented writer, photographer, painter and filmmaker, he used the camera to document most of the expeditions in which he participated.André Roch - La montagne pour passion
- 1990
- Switzerland
The film evokes the brilliant career of the Geneva-based mountaineer André Roch, one of the most significant figures in the history of Swiss mountaineering. With Robert Greloz, his faithful companion, he played a leading role in the conquest of the last untouched walls of the Mont Blanc massif and the Valais Alps; Roch was the author of twenty-four first climbs in the Western Alps, eight in Greenland and fifteen in the Himalayas. A highly talented writer, photographer, painter and filmmaker, he used the camera to document most of the expeditions in which he participated. -
Documentary / Historical
La moitié de la gloire
Alex Mayenfisch (1995)
La moitié de la gloire is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Everest. It was directed by Alex Mayenfisch in 1995 and produced by Climage. It features Raymond Lambert, Ernest Hofstetter, André Roch, Jean-Jacques Asper, Léon Flory, Augustin Lombard and others.- 1995
- Switzerland
- 45 min
La moitié de la gloire is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Everest. It was directed by Alex Mayenfisch in 1995 and produced by Climage. It features Raymond Lambert, Ernest Hofstetter, André Roch, Jean-Jacques Asper, Léon Flory, Augustin Lombard and others.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
Everest 1952-2002 - Le rêve achevé
Stéphane Schaffter (2002)
In 1952 Raymond Lambert and Tensing Norgay reach a height of about 8,595 metres (28,199 ft) on the southeast ridge of Mount Everest, setting a new climbing altitude record, opening up a new route to Mount Everest and paving the way for further successes by other expeditions. 50 years later, in 2002, Yves Lambert, the son of Raymond Lambert, and Tashi Tensing, the grandson of Tensing Norgay, reach the summit of Everest in a commemorative expedition organized by Stéphane Schaffter.Everest 1952-2002 - Le rêve achevé
Stéphane Schaffter, Bernard Robert-Charrue
- 2002
- Switzerland
- 60 min
In 1952 Raymond Lambert and Tensing Norgay reach a height of about 8,595 metres (28,199 ft) on the southeast ridge of Mount Everest, setting a new climbing altitude record, opening up a new route to Mount Everest and paving the way for further successes by other expeditions. 50 years later, in 2002, Yves Lambert, the son of Raymond Lambert, and Tashi Tensing, the grandson of Tensing Norgay, reach the summit of Everest in a commemorative expedition organized by Stéphane Schaffter.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Mount Everest 1952
Victor Borel (1952)
Record of the swiss expeditions to climb Mount Everest in 1952. Led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, the 1952 spring Swiss Mount Everest expedition saw Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reach a height of about 8,595 metres (28,199 ft) on the southeast ridge, setting a new climbing altitude record, opening up a new route to Mount Everest and paving the way for further successes by other expeditions. The film also records a second Swiss expedition in the autumn of 1952, after the monsoon, the first serious attempt to climb Everest at that time of year. A party including Lambert, Tenzing and others made it to the South Col, but was forced back by extremely cold weather after reaching an altitude of 8,100 metres (26,575 ft).- 1952
- Switzerland
- 67 min
Record of the swiss expeditions to climb Mount Everest in 1952. Led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, the 1952 spring Swiss Mount Everest expedition saw Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reach a height of about 8,595 metres (28,199 ft) on the southeast ridge, setting a new climbing altitude record, opening up a new route to Mount Everest and paving the way for further successes by other expeditions. The film also records a second Swiss expedition in the autumn of 1952, after the monsoon, the first serious attempt to climb Everest at that time of year. A party including Lambert, Tenzing and others made it to the South Col, but was forced back by extremely cold weather after reaching an altitude of 8,100 metres (26,575 ft).Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Man against Mount Everest
Heinrich Fueter (1954)
Short version of Mount Everest 1952, released in black and white by Castle Films for the domestic market. The film records the swiss expedition which attempted to climb Mount Everest in 1952. Led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, the 1952 spring Swiss Mount Everest expedition saw Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reach a height of about 8,595 metres (28,199 ft) on the southeast ridge, setting a new climbing altitude record, opening up a new route to Mount Everest and paving the way for further successes by other expeditions.- 1954
- USA
- 9 min
Short version of Mount Everest 1952, released in black and white by Castle Films for the domestic market. The film records the swiss expedition which attempted to climb Mount Everest in 1952. Led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, the 1952 spring Swiss Mount Everest expedition saw Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reach a height of about 8,595 metres (28,199 ft) on the southeast ridge, setting a new climbing altitude record, opening up a new route to Mount Everest and paving the way for further successes by other expeditions.Climbing locations
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Drama / Adventure
Der Dämon des Himalaya
Andrew Marton (1935)
German film about a Himalayan expedition and the search for a mountain spirit, who guarded, according to the tradition of the locals, the peaks of high mountains. The long-lost and recently rediscovered and restored film is now a unique cinematic document because it is the first feature film that was shot directly in the Himalayas (up to 6400 m altitude). Hans Ertl even turned his Bell & Howell to the main summit of Sia Kangri, 7422m. Likewise, the film contains footage from India and Tibet, from a time long before the emergence of mass tourism. Some of the footage was later recycled in ‘Lost horizon’ (1937) by Frank Capra and in ‘Storm over Tibet’ (1952).- 1935
- Germany, Switzerland
- 61 min
German film about a Himalayan expedition and the search for a mountain spirit, who guarded, according to the tradition of the locals, the peaks of high mountains. The long-lost and recently rediscovered and restored film is now a unique cinematic document because it is the first feature film that was shot directly in the Himalayas (up to 6400 m altitude). Hans Ertl even turned his Bell & Howell to the main summit of Sia Kangri, 7422m. Likewise, the film contains footage from India and Tibet, from a time long before the emergence of mass tourism. Some of the footage was later recycled in ‘Lost horizon’ (1937) by Frank Capra and in ‘Storm over Tibet’ (1952).Climbing locations
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