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Tenkrát v ráji
Lordan Zafranovic (2016)
The film, based on the novel by Josef Urban, tells of the fateful love, the unmistakable friendship and the relations between the Czech and German mountaineers, to which the difficult period of war of the Protectorate was fateful. Legendary myths and the best Czech mountaineer, Josef Smítka, refused to embark on a total deployment in the Empire, and for several years he was hiding in the rock town of Hruboskalska by German authorities and Gestapo, supported by Czech and German mountaineers. Josko, on his journey of freedom, has crossed the boundaries of possibilities not only in rocks but also in life.Lordan Zafranovic, Peter Palka, Daniel Krzywon
- 2016
- Czech Republic, Slovenia
- 99 min
The film, based on the novel by Josef Urban, tells of the fateful love, the unmistakable friendship and the relations between the Czech and German mountaineers, to which the difficult period of war of the Protectorate was fateful. Legendary myths and the best Czech mountaineer, Josef Smítka, refused to embark on a total deployment in the Empire, and for several years he was hiding in the rock town of Hruboskalska by German authorities and Gestapo, supported by Czech and German mountaineers. Josko, on his journey of freedom, has crossed the boundaries of possibilities not only in rocks but also in life.Climbing locations
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Drama / Mountain Drama
Falling
(1998)
High in the mountains. A climbing accident. A man begins a long journey with the broken weight of the woman he loves. When he can no longer carry her, he must continue alone through the brutal landscape. At the very end of his strength he finds the only thing that could end his struggle. Falling won the Best Short Subject at the Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival and has been short-listed at other film festivals.
- 1998
- USA
- 18 min
High in the mountains. A climbing accident. A man begins a long journey with the broken weight of the woman he loves. When he can no longer carry her, he must continue alone through the brutal landscape. At the very end of his strength he finds the only thing that could end his struggle. Falling won the Best Short Subject at the Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival and has been short-listed at other film festivals. -
Drama / Thriller
Fight to the death in a blizzard
Teruo Ishii (1959)
A Japanese mountain suspense movie by Teruo Ishii starring Ken Utsui. Goro Kasuya is a ski expert who once participated in the Olympic Games when he was a student, but since he lost his fiance in an avalanche, he lives in retirement in the mountains, where he works as a guide. One day Goro meets in a mountain hut, three men who turn out to be jewelry robbers, and who in their flight to escape the police, take him as hostage to lead them in the snowy mountains of Yamagata.Fight to the death in a blizzard
- 1959
- Japan
- 76 min
A Japanese mountain suspense movie by Teruo Ishii starring Ken Utsui. Goro Kasuya is a ski expert who once participated in the Olympic Games when he was a student, but since he lost his fiance in an avalanche, he lives in retirement in the mountains, where he works as a guide. One day Goro meets in a mountain hut, three men who turn out to be jewelry robbers, and who in their flight to escape the police, take him as hostage to lead them in the snowy mountains of Yamagata.Climbing locations
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Gripped - Climbing the Killer Pillar
Ben Galland (2020)
While bouldering with her friend Jade, Rose, a gym climber from Los Angeles, falls for Bret, an experienced outdoorsman. She talks him into taking her -against his better judgment- on a famous, advanced rock-climbing route called 'Killer Pillar'. Disaster strikes when Bret falls and suffers a serious head injury and torn shoulder. With no way to go but up, Rose has to lead the climb to the summit. When night falls they still have a long way to go and are forced to bivouac on a cliffside ledge. The next day, as a storm approaches, Bret drifts in and out of consciousness. It's up to Rose to save them both.Gripped - Climbing the Killer Pillar
- 2020
- USA
- 89 min
While bouldering with her friend Jade, Rose, a gym climber from Los Angeles, falls for Bret, an experienced outdoorsman. She talks him into taking her -against his better judgment- on a famous, advanced rock-climbing route called 'Killer Pillar'. Disaster strikes when Bret falls and suffers a serious head injury and torn shoulder. With no way to go but up, Rose has to lead the climb to the summit. When night falls they still have a long way to go and are forced to bivouac on a cliffside ledge. The next day, as a storm approaches, Bret drifts in and out of consciousness. It's up to Rose to save them both.Climbing locations
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The Last Blue Mountain
Lawrence Gordon Clark (1971)
A film recreating the heart-rending true story of the 1957 expedition to Mount Haramosh in the Karakoram range in Pakistan. With the summit beyond reach, four young climbers are about to return to camp. Their brief pause to enjoy the view and take photographs is interrupted by an avalanche that sweeps Bernard Jillott and John Emery hundreds of feet down the mountain into a snow basin. Miraculously, they both survive the fall. Rae Culbert and Tony Streather risk their own lives to rescue their friends, only to become stranded alongside them.- 1971
- UK
- 30 min
A film recreating the heart-rending true story of the 1957 expedition to Mount Haramosh in the Karakoram range in Pakistan. With the summit beyond reach, four young climbers are about to return to camp. Their brief pause to enjoy the view and take photographs is interrupted by an avalanche that sweeps Bernard Jillott and John Emery hundreds of feet down the mountain into a snow basin. Miraculously, they both survive the fall. Rae Culbert and Tony Streather risk their own lives to rescue their friends, only to become stranded alongside them.Climbing locations
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Drama / Teen Drama
Climb the sky walls
Kim Kyung-sun (2014)
A Korean drama about the conflict and reconciliation that lives Taeho, a young boy whose father is a paralyzed mountaineer, when he meets Eugene, a blind girl that practices competitive sport climbing. The film is intended for a youth audience, and filmmakers try to pass on to the younger generation the idea that people with disabilities are not 'second class' people and that they should not be prejudiced. The movie was produced by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with Samsung Fire and the Action Movement Headquarters.- 2014
- South Korea
- 54 min
A Korean drama about the conflict and reconciliation that lives Taeho, a young boy whose father is a paralyzed mountaineer, when he meets Eugene, a blind girl that practices competitive sport climbing. The film is intended for a youth audience, and filmmakers try to pass on to the younger generation the idea that people with disabilities are not 'second class' people and that they should not be prejudiced. The movie was produced by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with Samsung Fire and the Action Movement Headquarters. -
Drama / Adventure
Wings over Everest
Fay Yu (2019)
When a plane carrying important documents crashes in the Death Zone of Mount Everest, two men claiming to work for India's research and analysis department offer a large sum of money to Team Wings, a mountain rescue organization, to take them up to recover them. They will fight a fierce battle on the dangerous Himalayas. A Chinese action movie produced for an international audience and digitally remastered to be released in IMAX3D cinemas. Directed by Yu Fay, Wings Over Everest stars Asian Film Award Winner Koji Yakusho, famous actress Zhang Jingchu, and Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor winner Lin Bohong.- 2019
- China
- 110 min
When a plane carrying important documents crashes in the Death Zone of Mount Everest, two men claiming to work for India's research and analysis department offer a large sum of money to Team Wings, a mountain rescue organization, to take them up to recover them. They will fight a fierce battle on the dangerous Himalayas. A Chinese action movie produced for an international audience and digitally remastered to be released in IMAX3D cinemas. Directed by Yu Fay, Wings Over Everest stars Asian Film Award Winner Koji Yakusho, famous actress Zhang Jingchu, and Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor winner Lin Bohong.Climbing locations
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The climbers
Daniel Lee (2019)
Historical drama about the first Chinese expeditions to Mount Everest. It tells how in 1960 three climbers reached the summit for the first time by the north ridge (Tibet side), overcoming the difficult second step. As the team couldn't take photos to prove the ascent, their achievement wasn't recognized by international mountaineers; so China organized a powerful expedition fifteen years later to prove the feat. Finally on May 27, 1975, nine members of the expedition team reached the top of the mountain. The film narrates the epic stories of both expeditions.- 2019
- China
- 125 min
Historical drama about the first Chinese expeditions to Mount Everest. It tells how in 1960 three climbers reached the summit for the first time by the north ridge (Tibet side), overcoming the difficult second step. As the team couldn't take photos to prove the ascent, their achievement wasn't recognized by international mountaineers; so China organized a powerful expedition fifteen years later to prove the feat. Finally on May 27, 1975, nine members of the expedition team reached the top of the mountain. The film narrates the epic stories of both expeditions.Climbing locations
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Drama / Biographical
Non avere paura
Andrea Porporati (2014)
A true story about an unlikely friendship between a ski instructor named Lino Zani and Pope John Paul II who met in 1981, during Wojtyła's stay at Lino's family ski lodge. Years later, with the help of Pope John Paul II's spiritual guidance, Lino is inspired to achieve his dreams by climbing Mount Everest. The film is based on the book 'Era santo, era huomo' (The Secret Life of John Paul II), written in 2012 by Lino Zani and Marilu Simoneschi. Another mountaineering feat achieved by Zaini was the first ski descent from Cho Oyu in 1988 together with Flavio Spazzadeschi.- 2014
- Italy
- 98 min
A true story about an unlikely friendship between a ski instructor named Lino Zani and Pope John Paul II who met in 1981, during Wojtyła's stay at Lino's family ski lodge. Years later, with the help of Pope John Paul II's spiritual guidance, Lino is inspired to achieve his dreams by climbing Mount Everest. The film is based on the book 'Era santo, era huomo' (The Secret Life of John Paul II), written in 2012 by Lino Zani and Marilu Simoneschi. Another mountaineering feat achieved by Zaini was the first ski descent from Cho Oyu in 1988 together with Flavio Spazzadeschi.Climbing locations
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Drama / Mountain Drama
Journey for three
Michael Forlong (1950)
The adventures of three British immigrants -two girls and a man- to New Zealand. The girls settle down quite soon, one as a nurse, the other as a factory worker; the man, an engineer, finds himself out of his element, ill at ease, disliking his companions, and has almost determined to leave when he goes out on a relief party up the mountains to rescue a climber who has broken his leg at the head of a glacier. The rigors of the climb solve his personal problems: he decides he likes New Zealanders after all, in spite of their differences to Britons... A film promoted by the Immigration Department of New Zealand to attract immigrants.- 1950
- New Zealand
- 45 min
The adventures of three British immigrants -two girls and a man- to New Zealand. The girls settle down quite soon, one as a nurse, the other as a factory worker; the man, an engineer, finds himself out of his element, ill at ease, disliking his companions, and has almost determined to leave when he goes out on a relief party up the mountains to rescue a climber who has broken his leg at the head of a glacier. The rigors of the climb solve his personal problems: he decides he likes New Zealanders after all, in spite of their differences to Britons... A film promoted by the Immigration Department of New Zealand to attract immigrants.Climbing locations
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Drama / Biographical
Hillary
Danny Mulheron (2015)
The dramatized biography of Sir Edmund Hillary. A landmark series telling the complete story of Sir Ed’s life, from his lonely childhood, to the man he became - Hillary the climber – a man that conquered Mt Everest, a man loved by a nation. In 1953, Sir Edmund and his Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The series has been created by Tom Scott, who has adapted his own biography of Sir Edmund that was written following detailed conversations with the man himself.- 2015
- New Zealand
- 276 min
The dramatized biography of Sir Edmund Hillary. A landmark series telling the complete story of Sir Ed’s life, from his lonely childhood, to the man he became - Hillary the climber – a man that conquered Mt Everest, a man loved by a nation. In 1953, Sir Edmund and his Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The series has been created by Tom Scott, who has adapted his own biography of Sir Edmund that was written following detailed conversations with the man himself.Climbing locations
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Eagle Rock
Henry Geddes (1964)
A healthy dose of fresh air, a few risky situations and good-natured pranks make this Children Film Foundation film a most enjoyable watch. David is a stubborn London teenager with a sense of his own superiority. Spending a couple of weeks at a boys-only youth club in the Lake District, he gets frustrated when forbidden to climb a local mountain - due to a protected eagle nesting at the top - and plots a secret ascent. What could go wrong?- 1964
- UK
- 62 min
A healthy dose of fresh air, a few risky situations and good-natured pranks make this Children Film Foundation film a most enjoyable watch. David is a stubborn London teenager with a sense of his own superiority. Spending a couple of weeks at a boys-only youth club in the Lake District, he gets frustrated when forbidden to climb a local mountain - due to a protected eagle nesting at the top - and plots a secret ascent. What could go wrong?Climbing locations
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