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Drama / Teen Drama
Take it to the limit
Sam Kieth (2000)
A troubled teen (Leo Fitzpatrick) has been sent to his Uncle's wilderness home to be straightened out. But he only gets into more trouble when a pretty local girl (Gretel Roenfeldt) entices him into joining a group of death-defying rock climbers who force him to Take It To The Limit!- 2000
- USA
- 79 min
A troubled teen (Leo Fitzpatrick) has been sent to his Uncle's wilderness home to be straightened out. But he only gets into more trouble when a pretty local girl (Gretel Roenfeldt) entices him into joining a group of death-defying rock climbers who force him to Take It To The Limit!Availability
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Drama / Adventure
Sagarmatha
Ján Piroh (1988)
Jan, the son of the oldest member of the mountaineering club, has never practised mountaineering. Nevertheless he goes on a trip to Kadmandu and in the mountains with his father. It is a mystical odyssey in the Himalaya where both - father and son - have to dicover their real destiny.- 1988
- Czechoslovakia
- 87 min
Jan, the son of the oldest member of the mountaineering club, has never practised mountaineering. Nevertheless he goes on a trip to Kadmandu and in the mountains with his father. It is a mystical odyssey in the Himalaya where both - father and son - have to dicover their real destiny.Climbing locations
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Drama / Mountain Drama
Der Berg ruft
Luis Trenker (1938)
During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled The Challenge, shot the same year in English.- 1938
- Germany
- 95 min
During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled The Challenge, shot the same year in English.Climbing locations
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Drama / Mountain Drama
Der heilige Berg
Arnold Fanck (1926)
Two friends fall in love with the dancer Diotima. While climbing in the mountains, they got into a fight and the younger man falls over a ledge. The older it can just hold still, but no longer pull. A snow storm draws on, and the older friend sees a hallucination and Diotima in a world of ice in front of an altar occur. He wants to go on it, but it actually crashes and his friend to death. Organised by Diotima rescue team comes too late.- 1926
- Germany
- 106 min
Two friends fall in love with the dancer Diotima. While climbing in the mountains, they got into a fight and the younger man falls over a ledge. The older it can just hold still, but no longer pull. A snow storm draws on, and the older friend sees a hallucination and Diotima in a world of ice in front of an altar occur. He wants to go on it, but it actually crashes and his friend to death. Organised by Diotima rescue team comes too late.Climbing locations
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Storm over Tibet
Andrew Marton (1952)
During World War II, David Simms pilots supplies between India and China over the Himalaya Mountains. One day he's forced to miss a flight and is replaced by his friend, Bill March. March's plane is lost en route and Simms feels guilty. Back in America he meets March's widow, Elaine. They marry and then both travel to Tibet to learn more about March's fate and about a mysterious Tibetan mask which has come into their possession. Remake of the film ‘Der dämon des Himalaya’.
- 1952
- USA
- 87 min
During World War II, David Simms pilots supplies between India and China over the Himalaya Mountains. One day he's forced to miss a flight and is replaced by his friend, Bill March. March's plane is lost en route and Simms feels guilty. Back in America he meets March's widow, Elaine. They marry and then both travel to Tibet to learn more about March's fate and about a mysterious Tibetan mask which has come into their possession. Remake of the film ‘Der dämon des Himalaya’.Climbing locations
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Drama / Thriller
Sendas marcadas
Joan Bosch (1957)
A dangerous criminal is captured after a chase in the mountain. As it is getting dark, the police inspector, decides to spend the night in a shelter with a gendarme and the malefactor. There, the caretaker of the refuge and a painter engage in a discussion about destiny, and each one, to reinforce his theory, explains a mysterious case.- 1957
- Spain
- 86 min
A dangerous criminal is captured after a chase in the mountain. As it is getting dark, the police inspector, decides to spend the night in a shelter with a gendarme and the malefactor. There, the caretaker of the refuge and a painter engage in a discussion about destiny, and each one, to reinforce his theory, explains a mysterious case. -
Drama / Thriller
High conquest
Irving Allen (1947)
Geoffrey Stevens is the son of a mountaineer killed in a mountain accident while trying to climb the Matterhorn. Despite his fears, he finally decides to try climbing the mountain to honor his father's memory. Faced with the guide Hugo Lanier for the love of a local woman, during the ascent, the guide intends to kill him.- 1947
- USA
- 79 min
Geoffrey Stevens is the son of a mountaineer killed in a mountain accident while trying to climb the Matterhorn. Despite his fears, he finally decides to try climbing the mountain to honor his father's memory. Faced with the guide Hugo Lanier for the love of a local woman, during the ascent, the guide intends to kill him.Climbing locations
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Drama / Comedy
Der grosse Sprung
Arnold Fanck (1927)
Gita is a young Italian woman who lives in a small town in the Dolomites. Gita is not only pretty and intelligent, she is also an intrepid climber. Not even Toni, a young villager who wants it, can follow her. A millionaire businessman arrives to the town to spend a vacation. He immediately falls in love with her. To seduce her, he will have to compete with Toni by climbing needles and participating in a crazy and funny ski race in which he will have to use all kinds of inventions and tricks to win.- 1927
- Germany
- 112 min
Gita is a young Italian woman who lives in a small town in the Dolomites. Gita is not only pretty and intelligent, she is also an intrepid climber. Not even Toni, a young villager who wants it, can follow her. A millionaire businessman arrives to the town to spend a vacation. He immediately falls in love with her. To seduce her, he will have to compete with Toni by climbing needles and participating in a crazy and funny ski race in which he will have to use all kinds of inventions and tricks to win.Climbing locations
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Drama / Mountain Drama
Das blaue licht
Leni Riefenstahl (1932)
Junta is hated by the people in the village where she lives, especially by the women, who suspect her of being a witch. Only she can climb the nearby mountains to a cave high up, whence a mysterious blue light glows when the moon is full. Many young men of the village have died trying to follow her. She is driven out of town, and takes to living in the mountains. Eventually she shares the secret of the blue light with one man, and he betrays it.- 1932
- Germany
- 85 min
Junta is hated by the people in the village where she lives, especially by the women, who suspect her of being a witch. Only she can climb the nearby mountains to a cave high up, whence a mysterious blue light glows when the moon is full. Many young men of the village have died trying to follow her. She is driven out of town, and takes to living in the mountains. Eventually she shares the secret of the blue light with one man, and he betrays it.Climbing locations
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Drama / Biographical
Nanga Parbat
Joseph Vilsmaier (2010)
Nanga Parbat tells the true story of the brothers Reinhold and Gunther Messner, who set out to climb Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat, as part of the 1970 german expedition. Both brothers reach the top of Parbat’s by the Rupal Face, though tragically only Reinhold survives the descent. Reinhold is accused of having abandoned his brother for an excess of ambition. The film exposes the vision of the tragedy that Reinhold Messner has always defended and that the evidences seems to demonstrate: Günther, then 23, was buried by an avalanche during the descent through the Diamir Face.- 2010
- Germany
- 104 min
Nanga Parbat tells the true story of the brothers Reinhold and Gunther Messner, who set out to climb Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat, as part of the 1970 german expedition. Both brothers reach the top of Parbat’s by the Rupal Face, though tragically only Reinhold survives the descent. Reinhold is accused of having abandoned his brother for an excess of ambition. The film exposes the vision of the tragedy that Reinhold Messner has always defended and that the evidences seems to demonstrate: Günther, then 23, was buried by an avalanche during the descent through the Diamir Face.Climbing locations
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Drama / Action
High ice
Eugene S. Jones (1980)
When two couples on a weekend mountain climb in the Pacific Northwest are caught in an avalanche, one perishes, and the three survivors become prisoners of the mountain -trapped in the cold on a tiny ledge thousands of feet from safety. Army Lt. Col. Thatcher immediately assumes command of the dangerous rescue mission, buc clashes head-on with Mac the forest ranger, and the only man who may be able to rescue the climbers. Meanwhile, the weather keeps shifting, and the slopes become sheets of ice, impenetrable from above or below.- 1980
- USA
- 104 min
When two couples on a weekend mountain climb in the Pacific Northwest are caught in an avalanche, one perishes, and the three survivors become prisoners of the mountain -trapped in the cold on a tiny ledge thousands of feet from safety. Army Lt. Col. Thatcher immediately assumes command of the dangerous rescue mission, buc clashes head-on with Mac the forest ranger, and the only man who may be able to rescue the climbers. Meanwhile, the weather keeps shifting, and the slopes become sheets of ice, impenetrable from above or below.Climbing locations
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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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