The Himalayan mountain Makalu, located in Nepal, is the fifth highest mountain in the world. In 1973, a Czechoslovak expedition also attempted to climb it via the challenging route, the so-called South Pillar, but it ended tragically. The group of climbers led by the experienced Ivan Kaščák (real-life Ivan Gálfy) is composed of the fittest men. In the base camp and during the preparation of the advanced camps, the expedition struggles with common health problems - a sore tooth, intestinal problems or a cold. For the actual climb to the summit of Makalu, Kaščák chooses a young engineering student Milan, a colleague Karol who is a generation older than him, and a young man Jož. In the advanced camp, without Kaščák's knowledge, he gives up his place to the ambitious Karol. However, due to fatigue and lack of oxygen, Milan falls down a snowy slope and injures his head and spine. He can‘t be transported down.
Svetozár Štúr
Original Music Composer
Jozef Zachar
Director
Vladimír Ondruš
Director of Photography
Eugen Gindl
Screenplay
Ondrej Sliacky
Screenplay
Vladimír Brabec
Leopold Haverl
Jan Kanyza
Daniel Michaelli
Andrej Hryc
Ľubomír Paulovič
Ľubomír Záhon
Jiří Wohanka
Alexej Okuněv
Nacagdorž Namsarajn
Rana B. Shanta
