Movie

Nanga Parbat

1936 · 91 min

A solemn, harrowing chronicle of a doomed mountain expedition, heavy with dread and the weight of historical tragedy.

Tagline: Das Schicksal deutscher Helden
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, death, grief, ambition
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
death
grief
ambition
nature
Places: wilderness
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none