A secretary at a Berlin newspaper in 1936 gets to write about two Alpinists, as she knows them well. She later gets to report on and photograph her friends' and other Alpinists' cl...
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★★★★★
I wasn't familiar with the story behind Nordwand which is absolutely essential to get the most out of this masterpiece. I also watched, like I always do, the movie in it's original language, German, with English subtitles. Even though I don't speak German I co...
★★★★★
The reaction this film got at the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) in Pusan, South Korea, was better than any of the other big movies there.
This movie gets a 10 out of 10 from me. It is a harsh story about Germany in the 30s as the Nazis were rising...
★★★★★
North Face (2008)
Well, this is one exhausting, harrowing, amazing experience on film. Even the actors, acting and not actually fighting for their lives, look like they've been through hell. The filming holds back nothing on the horror of being caught in a st...
★★★★★
It's 1936. The Eiger North Face is last unconquered challenge in the Alps. The Nazi propaganda machine wants it defeated by German climbers before the upcoming Olympics. Luise Fellner is a secretary working in a Berlin newspaper. She tells her bosses that she...
★★★★★
The invention of the 'love interest' actually undermines the force of the tragedy here. If you are unaware of the real story you may well find this a bracing and dramatic experience. However, he filmmakers reluctance just to allow the depth of the actual event...
