Nanga Parbat (2010)

Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died.

Director:

Joseph Vilsmaier

Writers:

Reinhard Klooss, Sven Severin

Stars:

Florian Stetter, Andreas Tobias, Karl Markovics

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Florian Stetter	...	Reinhold Messner
Andreas Tobias	...	Günther Messner
Karl Markovics	...	Karl Maria Herrligkoffer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sebastian Bezzel	...	Peter Scholz
Volker Bruch	...	Gerd Bauer
Matthias Habich	...	Pfarrer
Michael Kranz	...	Hans Saler
Markus Krojer	...	Reinhold Messner jung
Horst Kummeth	...	Vater Messner
Lorenzo Nedis	...	Günther Messner jung (as Lorenzo Walcher)
Jule Ronstedt	...	Alice von Hobe
Steffen Schroeder	...	Felix Kuen
Lena Stolze	...	Mutter Messner

Storyline

Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died.

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Plot Keywords:

reinhold messner

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [de] Official site [jp]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

14 January 2010 (Germany)

Box Office

Budget:

€7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Perathon Film-und Fernsehproduktions GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Reinhold Messner, his younger brother Günther, who was sick at high altitudes, died on the descent through the Diamir valley in an avalanche, when Reinhold himself was looking for the way. The older brother survived the descent via the totally unknown route only by a narrow margin.

User Reviews

Best parts are filmed in Pakistan

I have a limited understanding of this film so am writing this review only because there were no other reviews yet. My understanding is limited because I do not speak German and apparently there has been no release of this film with English subtitles, or at least I could not find one (I did find some English subtitles on the internet but they were both badly out of synch and a mashed Google translation from Russian!). Hence, some of the dialog was rather lost on me and very likely some of the drama as well.

I primarily viewed this film not for the story but in the hopes of spectacular mountain scenery and spectacular mountain climbing sequences. There was some of this, but not nearly enough for my tastes, or I would have given the film a higher rating. A better film (also German but available with English subtitles) is North Face (Nordwand, IMDb #tt0844457) which is both very dramatic and has very spectacular mountain climbing sequences (although I still wanted more there as well).

To my mind, the best parts of the film took place in Pakistan and in the Pakistani Himalayan foothills. Very nice and interesting photography, and I gleaned from the credits that it was actually filmed there. I love seeing exotic locales like that, which I am unlikely to see otherwise, and I found the film worth my time just for that. I would watch it again if I could find a version with good English subtitles.