In the Shadow of the Karakorum
In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Karakoram Mountains, geographically north of the Himalayas. They come across the Hunza, a people who live in the valley of the same name and believe they are descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. The documentary conveys impressions of the poor life of the Hunza people, the harvest, a court hearing, festivals and the children's everyday school life. Finally, the expedition sets off again and sets up its main camp on the moraine ridge of a glacier, where they measure the glacier and the earth's magnetic field. Finally, some men from the research community set off for a sub-peak of Batura.
Directed by Eugen Schuhmacher · Written by Eugen Schuhmacher
Cast
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Ernst Fritz Fürbringer Self - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice) -
Otto Mellies Self - Narrator [East Germany] (voice) - Mathias Rebitsch Self - Expedition Leader
- Wolfgang Pillewizer Self - Scientific Director
- Paul Bernett Self - Expedition Doctor
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Anderl Heckmair Self - Expedition Member - Karl Heckler Self - Expedition Member (†)
- Gerhard Klamert Self - Expedition Member
- Dolf Meyer Self - Expedition Member
- Karl Heinz Pfaffen Self - Expedition Member
- Hans-Jochen Schneider Self - Expedition Member
- Karl Wienert Self - Expedition Member
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