Nanga Parbat

Das Schicksal deutscher Helden

193691m
Documentary

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.

Crew

FL

Frank Leberecht

Director

BS

Bernd Scholz

Original Music Composer

Cast

Willy Merkl

Willy Merkl

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

WW

Willi Welzenbach

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

AD

Alfred Drexel

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

UW

Ulrich Wieland

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

FB

Fritz Bechtold

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

ES

Erwin Schneider

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

PA

Peter Aschenbrenner

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

PM

Peter Müllritter

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

WB

Willi Bernard

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

HH

Hanns Hieronimus

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

RF

Richard Finsterwalder

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

WR

Walter Raechl

Self - Expeditions-Teilnehmer

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