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K2 - Dream And Destiny

1989 · 60 min

A sober, firsthand account of obsession and loss on a lethal mountain, tense and quietly devastating.

Directed by: Kurt Diemberger
Genres: Adventure, Documentary
Starring: Kurt Diemberger, Julie Tullis, Liliane Barrard

Overview: In 1986, Kurt Diemberger and his companion Julie Tullis came back to the K2, after two failed expeditions, in order to finally stand on the summit of the mountain of all mountains. Their dream comes true. They reach the summit of K2. However, on the way down, Julie and four other mountaineers die. They were caught by a horrible storm which forced them to stay at an altitude of 8.000m for several days, all because they had lost one important day during their ascent. Kurt Diemberger and Willi Bauer were the only ones who were able to survive this inferno on the second highest mountain on earth - merely with serious frostbites.

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Directed by: Kurt Diemberger
Genres: Adventure, Documentary
Starring: Kurt Diemberger, Julie Tullis, Liliane Barrard

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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
obsession
nature
Places: wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: adventure, documentary
Directed by: Kurt Diemberger
Written by: Kurt Diemberger
Starring: Kurt Diemberger, Julie Tullis, Liliane Barrard, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Maurice Barrard, Jerzy Kukuczka, Mari Ábrego Santesteban, Tadeusz Piotrowski
Runtime: 60 min
Country: Austria
Languages: German

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