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Nordwand - The North Face (12A)

  • Consumer Advice: Contains infrequent bloody injury detail
  • Run time: 2 hours 7 mins
  • Language: German
  • Genre: Action / Adventure
  • Release date: 12th December 2008

Plot Synopsis

Mountaineering adventure based on an incredible true story. Summer 1936.

Toni and Andi are passionate mountain climbers. There's one mountain in particular that fascinates them: the Eiger North Face, the most dangerous rock face in the Alps, which has yet to be scaled. Being the first means not only a longed-for boost of their social standing, but also Olympic gold. As they get ready for their climb, they meet Luise, Toni's childhood sweetheart, a journalist who has been sent to report about the conquest of the mountain with her fellow reporter Arau, a Nazi follower. While a dramatic struggle for survival unfolds on the North Face, Luise sets out to save her lover. A race against time and the forces of nature begins...