Climbing Paradise
2016 · 113 min · ★ 3.9 · Drama
The story of the dramatic fate of the Czech climber Josef speck and his comrades, executed by the Nazis in April 1945 in Theresienstadt.
Directed by Peter Pálka · Written by Josef Urban
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