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North Face

North Face

A true story

20087.22h 6m

Overview

North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.

Directed by Philipp Stölzl
Written by Chris Silber, Rupert Henning, Johannes Naber
Produced by Danny Krausz, Rudolf Santschi, Benjamin Herrmann
Box Office0Revenue: $6.8M

Top Cast

Benno Fürmann

Benno Fürmann

Toni Kurz

Florian Lukas

Florian Lukas

Andreas Hinterstoisser

Johanna Wokalek

Johanna Wokalek

Luise Fellner

Georg Friedrich

Georg Friedrich

Edi Rainer

Simon Schwarz

Simon Schwarz

Willy Angerer

Ulrich Tukur

Ulrich Tukur

Henry Arau

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Erwin Steinhauer

Emil Landauer

Branko Samarovski

Branko Samarovski

Albert von Allmen

Petra Morzé

Petra Morzé

Elisabeth Landauer

Hanspeter Müller

Hanspeter Müller

Schlunegger

Themes & Keywords

human vs natureswitzerlandbavaria, germanynational socialismclimbingmountain climbingalps mountainsmountaineering

About North Face

North Face is a adventure, drama, action, history, thriller film released in 2008 exploring themes of human vs nature, switzerland, bavaria, germany, national socialism, climbing, mountain climbing. Directed by Philipp Stölzl, it stars Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek. North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.

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