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Cumbres luminosas - Montserrat
José Fogués (1957)
A tormented thief takes refuge in Montserrat, fleeing from accomplices whom he has betrayed. There he meets Margot, the woman he loves, but by the whims of fate they can not be together too long.Cumbres luminosas - Montserrat
- 1957
- Spain
- 86 min
A tormented thief takes refuge in Montserrat, fleeing from accomplices whom he has betrayed. There he meets Margot, the woman he loves, but by the whims of fate they can not be together too long.Climbing locations
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Drama / Biographical
Seven years in Tibet
Jean-Jacques Annaud (1997)
The movie tells the story of Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, who during an himalayan expedition to Nanga Parbat, at the start of World War II, is captured by the British and confined to a prision camp. He escapes fleeing north across the Himalayan mountains into Tibet. There he met and befriended the young Dalai Lama, only to have to escape back into India some years later when the Red Chinese Army invaded his adopted home.- 1997
- UK, USA
- 136 min
The movie tells the story of Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, who during an himalayan expedition to Nanga Parbat, at the start of World War II, is captured by the British and confined to a prision camp. He escapes fleeing north across the Himalayan mountains into Tibet. There he met and befriended the young Dalai Lama, only to have to escape back into India some years later when the Red Chinese Army invaded his adopted home.Climbing locations
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Ice rain
Kim Eun-seok (2004)
Woo-sung just joined Joong-hyun and his friends' journey to climb Mt. Asiaq of Alaska. However, a raging snowstorm was waiting for them descending from the summit and it isolates Woo-sung and Joong-hyun in an icy cave. To stay awakened, Joong-hyun whose leg is severely wounded starts his story and they get stunned realizing that between their two stories there was one woman, Kyung-min.- 2004
- South Korea
- 105 min
Woo-sung just joined Joong-hyun and his friends' journey to climb Mt. Asiaq of Alaska. However, a raging snowstorm was waiting for them descending from the summit and it isolates Woo-sung and Joong-hyun in an icy cave. To stay awakened, Joong-hyun whose leg is severely wounded starts his story and they get stunned realizing that between their two stories there was one woman, Kyung-min.Climbing locations
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K2
Franc Roddam (1991)
Taylor and Harold are good friends and avid climbers. While climbing one day, they meet a man who it seems might be attempting to climb K2, the world's second-highest peak. Always pushy, Taylor bugs the man for a spot on the team, claiming that he and Harold are good enough. They may be very good, but K2 is a very tough mountain.- 1991
- Japan, UK, USA
- 102 min
Taylor and Harold are good friends and avid climbers. While climbing one day, they meet a man who it seems might be attempting to climb K2, the world's second-highest peak. Always pushy, Taylor bugs the man for a spot on the team, claiming that he and Harold are good enough. They may be very good, but K2 is a very tough mountain.Climbing locations
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La Voie Jackson
Gérard Herzog (1981)
Two rope parties are competing for a famous impassable face in the Mont Blanc Massif. All along the difficulties they are facing, characters are refined, even sharpened. When exhaustion and death occur, the two parties merge and the new group try to escape to death.- 1981
- France
- 250 min
Two rope parties are competing for a famous impassable face in the Mont Blanc Massif. All along the difficulties they are facing, characters are refined, even sharpened. When exhaustion and death occur, the two parties merge and the new group try to escape to death.Climbing locations
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The blizzard
Akira Kurosawa (1990)
A group of four mountaineers struggle up a mountain path during a horrendous blizzard. It has been snowing for three days and the men are dispirited and ready to give up. One by one they stop walking, giving into the snow and sure death. The leader endeavors to push on, but he too, stops in the snow. A strange woman (possibly the Yuki-onna of Japanese myth) appears out of nowhere and attempts to lure the last conscious man to his death - give into the snow and the storm, she urges him on, into reverie, into sleep, into certain death...- 1990
- Japan, USA
- 19 min
A group of four mountaineers struggle up a mountain path during a horrendous blizzard. It has been snowing for three days and the men are dispirited and ready to give up. One by one they stop walking, giving into the snow and sure death. The leader endeavors to push on, but he too, stops in the snow. A strange woman (possibly the Yuki-onna of Japanese myth) appears out of nowhere and attempts to lure the last conscious man to his death - give into the snow and the storm, she urges him on, into reverie, into sleep, into certain death...Availability
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Prizraki pokidayut vershiny
Erazm Karamyan (1955)
The young scientist Artashes Malyan organizes an expedition to climb the inaccessible summit of Mount Kamir-Sar, in which there seems to be a rich deposit of mercury and silver. The expedition will be sabotaged by the agents of a foreign chemical corporation led by Alvarez da Cortec, who in his youth visited the peak, and knowing the existing resources, wants to avoid at all costs to be discovered by the Soviets.- 1955
- Soviet Union
- 92 min
The young scientist Artashes Malyan organizes an expedition to climb the inaccessible summit of Mount Kamir-Sar, in which there seems to be a rich deposit of mercury and silver. The expedition will be sabotaged by the agents of a foreign chemical corporation led by Alvarez da Cortec, who in his youth visited the peak, and knowing the existing resources, wants to avoid at all costs to be discovered by the Soviets. -
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Les étoiles de midi
Jacques Ertaud (1959)
Docudrama about some of the more spectacular exploits of French mountain climbers over the last several decades. It recounts a day of climbing in Chamonix. Different parties are at the refuge, they tell tales, get ready for their day, then go climbing. Some are novices on easy route, others are guides with clients, others are pro climbers putting up a new route. Things happen, small things like getting lost, big things like rescuing a snowblind climber.- 1959
- France
- 78 min
Docudrama about some of the more spectacular exploits of French mountain climbers over the last several decades. It recounts a day of climbing in Chamonix. Different parties are at the refuge, they tell tales, get ready for their day, then go climbing. Some are novices on easy route, others are guides with clients, others are pro climbers putting up a new route. Things happen, small things like getting lost, big things like rescuing a snowblind climber.Climbing locations
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Vertige
Abel Ferry (2009)
A group of friends on vacation decide to venture onto a trail high up in the mountains that has been closed for repairs. The climb proves more perilous than planned, especially as they soon realize that they are not alone. The adventure turns into a nightmare.- 2009
- France
- 84 min
A group of friends on vacation decide to venture onto a trail high up in the mountains that has been closed for repairs. The climb proves more perilous than planned, especially as they soon realize that they are not alone. The adventure turns into a nightmare.Availability
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The Climb
Donald Shebib (1986)
Story of mountaineer Hermann Buhl and his attempt on the summit of Nanga Parbat in 1953. The characters and incidents are based on the descriptions as described in the soruce material 'Nanga Parbat pilgrimage' written by Hermann Buhl. A production that was part of a series of three teleplays called Mountain Men, which concerned climbers who were the first to scale three iconic mountains. The other two are: Matterhorn by Lucy Walker (A dangerous kind of love, Colin Godman), Mont Blanc by Jacques Balmat (The great white mountain, Colin Godman).- 1986
- Canada, UK
- 90 min
Story of mountaineer Hermann Buhl and his attempt on the summit of Nanga Parbat in 1953. The characters and incidents are based on the descriptions as described in the soruce material 'Nanga Parbat pilgrimage' written by Hermann Buhl. A production that was part of a series of three teleplays called Mountain Men, which concerned climbers who were the first to scale three iconic mountains. The other two are: Matterhorn by Lucy Walker (A dangerous kind of love, Colin Godman), Mont Blanc by Jacques Balmat (The great white mountain, Colin Godman).Climbing locations
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Vertikal
Boris Durov (1966)
The group of climbers led by an experienced Vitali Leonov went to Svaneti to conquer Mount Hor-Tau (fictional top) Four go to the top and the bottom, in the camp, are radio operator Vladimir and physician Larisa. Volodya receives a message on the approximation of the cyclone and passes it to the group, but one of the climbers hiding this important information from their satellites. Hikers reach the top, but on the way down to her their catches and snow storm. Conquerors expects a difficult way back to base camp.Boris Durov, Stanislav Govorukhin
- 1966
- Soviet Union
- 73 min
The group of climbers led by an experienced Vitali Leonov went to Svaneti to conquer Mount Hor-Tau (fictional top) Four go to the top and the bottom, in the camp, are radio operator Vladimir and physician Larisa. Volodya receives a message on the approximation of the cyclone and passes it to the group, but one of the climbers hiding this important information from their satellites. Hikers reach the top, but on the way down to her their catches and snow storm. Conquerors expects a difficult way back to base camp.Climbing locations
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Storm and sorrow
Richard A. Colla (1990)
An eager but inexperienced woman is chosen to join a team of American mountain climbers in an historical assault on the high peaks of the Pamirs. Based on Robert Craig's true account of the 1974 International Soviet climbing expedition.- 1990
- USA
- 91 min
An eager but inexperienced woman is chosen to join a team of American mountain climbers in an historical assault on the high peaks of the Pamirs. Based on Robert Craig's true account of the 1974 International Soviet climbing expedition.Climbing locations
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