Deutsche Eisenbahner im Kampf um den Nanga Parbat (1935)

Plot Summary

Short version of 'Nanga Parbat' (1936), the record of the 1934 German expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Peter Aschenbrenner and Erwin Schneider reached an estimated height of 7,895m on July 6, but were forced to return because of worsening weather. On July 7 they and 14 others were trapped by a ferocious storm at 7,480m. During the desperate retreat that followed, three famous German mountaineers, Uli Wieland, Willo Welzenbach and Merkl himself, and six Sherpas died of exhaustion, exposure and altitude sickness, and several more suffered severe frostbite.

Full Cast & Characters

Willy Merkl

Self

Peter Aschenbrenner

Self

Fritz Bechtold

Self

Willi Bernard

Self

Alfred Drexel

Self

Peter Müllritter

Self

Ulrich Wieland

Self

Ang Tsering

Self

Erwin Schneider

Self

Peter Misch

Self

Richard Finster

Self

Walter Raechl

Self

Director & Crew

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