Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat

Das Schicksal deutscher Helden

1936 · 91 min · Documentary

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.

Directed by Frank Leberecht

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Willy Merkl Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Willi Welzenbach Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Alfred Drexel Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Ulrich Wieland Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Fritz Bechtold Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Erwin Schneider Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Peter Aschenbrenner Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Peter Müllritter Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Willi Bernard Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Hanns Hieronimus Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Richard Finsterwalder Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer
Walter Raechl Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

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