In the Shadow of Karakorum

195587m9.0 (1)
Documentary

In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Karakoram Mountains, geographically north of the Himalayas. They come across the Hunza, a people who live in the valley of the same name and believe they are descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. The documentary conveys impressions of the poor life of the Hunza people, the harvest, a court hearing, festivals and the children's everyday school life. Finally, the expedition sets off again and sets up its main camp on the moraine ridge of a glacier, where they measure the glacier and the earth's magnetic field. Finally, some men from the research community set off for a sub-peak of Batura.

Crew

MR

Mathias Rebitsch

Writer

ES

Eugen Schuhmacher

Writer

ES

Eugen Schuhmacher

Director

EB

Erich Bender

Original Music Composer

MS

Martin Schliessler

Director of Photography

ES

Eugen Schuhmacher

Director of Photography

Cast

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Self - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)

Otto Mellies

Otto Mellies

Self - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)

MR

Mathias Rebitsch

Self - Expedition Leader

WP

Wolfgang Pillewizer

Self - Scientific Director

PB

Paul Bernett

Self - Expedition Doctor

Anderl Heckmair

Anderl Heckmair

Self - Expedition Member

KH

Karl Heckler

Self - Expedition Member (†)

GK

Gerhard Klamert

Self - Expedition Member

DM

Dolf Meyer

Self - Expedition Member

KH

Karl Heinz Pfaffen

Self - Expedition Member

HS

Hans-Jochen Schneider

Self - Expedition Member

KW

Karl Wienert

Self - Expedition Member

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