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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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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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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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The silent heroes
Mahesh Bhatt (2015)
The film is based on the story of 13 real deaf children who through mountaineering want to prove that they are different but not disabled. The Leader who never considered the deaf children as capable and equal and discouraged them all through the course gets badly injured in an accident. This might be an end to Children dreams of scaling Himalayan peaks and proving their worth in front of the outside world. Now it is for these deaf children to show their skills, presence of mind and courage to save their Leader and prove their worth.- 2015
- India
- 115 min
The film is based on the story of 13 real deaf children who through mountaineering want to prove that they are different but not disabled. The Leader who never considered the deaf children as capable and equal and discouraged them all through the course gets badly injured in an accident. This might be an end to Children dreams of scaling Himalayan peaks and proving their worth in front of the outside world. Now it is for these deaf children to show their skills, presence of mind and courage to save their Leader and prove their worth.Climbing locations
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El Valle Blanco
Armando Seville (1941)
Rare film about skiing, shot in the Nuria Valley in 1941, with the participation of the first company of skiers of Nuria. The documentary entitled 'The White Valley', was made by the directors Seville and Fortuny and filmed in the Valley of Nuria in 1940 or 1941, with the participation of the first ski company of Nuria.- 1941
- Spain
- 15 min
Rare film about skiing, shot in the Nuria Valley in 1941, with the participation of the first company of skiers of Nuria. The documentary entitled 'The White Valley', was made by the directors Seville and Fortuny and filmed in the Valley of Nuria in 1940 or 1941, with the participation of the first ski company of Nuria.Climbing locations
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Poka stoyat gory
Vadim Mikhaylov (1976)
Four experienced alpinists climb a dangerous wall in ideal weather. A falling stone pierces the rope in a flash, a mountaineer falls into the depths. Immediately the others, including the victim's desperate mistress, start the search. After an inconclusive course, a member, who has taken over the leadership in the meantime, decides to give up and to turn back, because it no longer sees any chance of survival for the companion. Thus, the man is accused of failure to help, which is followed by a judicial dispute.- 1976
- Soviet Union
- 78 min
Four experienced alpinists climb a dangerous wall in ideal weather. A falling stone pierces the rope in a flash, a mountaineer falls into the depths. Immediately the others, including the victim's desperate mistress, start the search. After an inconclusive course, a member, who has taken over the leadership in the meantime, decides to give up and to turn back, because it no longer sees any chance of survival for the companion. Thus, the man is accused of failure to help, which is followed by a judicial dispute. -
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The Himalayas
Lee Seok-hoon (2015)
Following a grueling climb up Kanchenjunga, Hong-gil and Mu-taek become fast friends and partners in climb. The peak of their professional careers comes when they become the 14th team to scale the Himalayas. But the climb came at a price: both sustained injuries and Hong-gil was compelled to retire. Years later, Hong-gil is a renowned lecturer and Mu-taek takes up an assignment to go up Everest. When Hong-gil learns that Mu-taek has gone missing, he blames himself for encouraging the younger man's plans. Looking at a photo of Mu-taek's frozen corpse still trapped on the mountain, he decides to put together a rescue team to retrieve the body. Despite warnings, concerns over his injured leg and treacherous storms, Hong-gil leads the expedition. The story is based on true events.- 2015
- South Korea
- 124 min
Following a grueling climb up Kanchenjunga, Hong-gil and Mu-taek become fast friends and partners in climb. The peak of their professional careers comes when they become the 14th team to scale the Himalayas. But the climb came at a price: both sustained injuries and Hong-gil was compelled to retire. Years later, Hong-gil is a renowned lecturer and Mu-taek takes up an assignment to go up Everest. When Hong-gil learns that Mu-taek has gone missing, he blames himself for encouraging the younger man's plans. Looking at a photo of Mu-taek's frozen corpse still trapped on the mountain, he decides to put together a rescue team to retrieve the body. Despite warnings, concerns over his injured leg and treacherous storms, Hong-gil leads the expedition. The story is based on true events.Climbing locations
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Die Seilbahn
F. J Gottlieb (1965)
Twelfth episode of the 'Wolken über Kaprun' adventure austrian TV series. On this episode Reuter takes a woman from the city on the mountain, she looks very nervous and absent. As she lights a cigarette, her bag falls down and a gun drops out. Reuter, of course, sees it immediately. He asks her her name to find out who she is. It turns out that her husband has an affair and so Reuter rhymes one and one together.- 1965
- Austria
- 26 min
Twelfth episode of the 'Wolken über Kaprun' adventure austrian TV series. On this episode Reuter takes a woman from the city on the mountain, she looks very nervous and absent. As she lights a cigarette, her bag falls down and a gun drops out. Reuter, of course, sees it immediately. He asks her her name to find out who she is. It turns out that her husband has an affair and so Reuter rhymes one and one together.Climbing locations
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Everesuto - Kamigami no itadaki
Hideyuki Hirayama (2016)
Makoto Fukamachi (Junichi Okada) is a Japanese cameraman. He finds an old camera on a backstreet of Nepal. The camera might possibly solve the mystery of whether George Mallory became the first person to successfully climb Mount Everest on June 8, 1924 or not. Pursuing the old camera's past, Makoto Fukamachi meets legendary Alpinist Joji Habu (Hiroshi Abe). Joji Habu is isolated from other people because of his reckless and thoughtless personalityEveresuto - Kamigami no itadaki
- 2016
- Japan
- 123 min
Makoto Fukamachi (Junichi Okada) is a Japanese cameraman. He finds an old camera on a backstreet of Nepal. The camera might possibly solve the mystery of whether George Mallory became the first person to successfully climb Mount Everest on June 8, 1924 or not. Pursuing the old camera's past, Makoto Fukamachi meets legendary Alpinist Joji Habu (Hiroshi Abe). Joji Habu is isolated from other people because of his reckless and thoughtless personalityClimbing locations
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Bergsteiger
F. J Gottlieb (1965)
Eighth episode of the 'Wolken über Kaprun' adventure austrian TV series. On this episode Martin and a friend enter a dangerous fells wall. Suddenly Martin slips off and crashes. First he can still hold on to the rope, but suddenly it breaks and he falls into the depths. Reuterer sees this and immediately alerts the mountain rescue. The mountain rescue team has to hurry, because it gets dark soon.- 1965
- Austria
- 2 min
Eighth episode of the 'Wolken über Kaprun' adventure austrian TV series. On this episode Martin and a friend enter a dangerous fells wall. Suddenly Martin slips off and crashes. First he can still hold on to the rope, but suddenly it breaks and he falls into the depths. Reuterer sees this and immediately alerts the mountain rescue. The mountain rescue team has to hurry, because it gets dark soon.Climbing locations
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Mountain rescue
Phil Dennis (1949)
Two rock climbers scale a peak in North Wales. One falls, injuring himself; the other seeks help and returns with a stretcher party. A Times Film Production by Phil Dennis commented by James McKechnie.- 1949
- UK
- 21 min
Two rock climbers scale a peak in North Wales. One falls, injuring himself; the other seeks help and returns with a stretcher party. A Times Film Production by Phil Dennis commented by James McKechnie.Climbing locations
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