New german film!!!

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New german film!!!

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Hi there Gebirgsjaeger,

I don´t know when this great new german made movie called "Nordwand" will be synchronised into english language...but believe me it is such a great new film based upon a real story. Don´t miss it!

- Best german actors
- based on a real story
- real mountaineer heros

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzOE-d-W2RI watch it in HQ quality.

The film, which comes out in German cinemas today, is loosely adapted by director Philipp Stoelzl from accounts of a real-life, failed attempt to climb the Eiger. Though set in 1936, the Nazi backdrop is not central to the plot, which is a universal tragedy of thwarted ambitions and ill-fated love.
Two fearless young German climbers, Toni Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser (Benno Fuermann and Florian Lukas) are among the many competing to be the first to conquer the mountain's north face, the ``last problem posed by the Alps.'' It is an 1,800- meter-high wall of ice and rock in the Bernese Oberland, one of Switzerland's most spectacular landscapes.
Their childhood playmate Luise (Johanna Wokalek), a rookie reporter at the Berliner Zeitung, determines to cover the story and arrives in the Alps with her hard-bitten senior colleague Henry Arau (Ulrich Tukur, one of Germany's best screen actors and superb in this.)
The mountaineers set off in fine weather, pursued by two Austrian rivals who fatefully copy their route, and watched breathlessly by the press from the comfort of a hotel terrace below. Atmospherically shot, ``Nordwand'' starts as a classic adventure movie, even dangling the prospect of treasure at the end -- in this case, an Olympic gold medal.
It shifts gear in the second half, turning into a harrowing battle for survival waged against an unrelentingly cruel nature.
Fogs descend, rocks tumble, avalanches thunder, blizzards swirl, perhaps for a little longer than necessary. The ending gives the term cliffhanger new meaning.
The real heroine of this movie is the Eiger herself, shown from below and above in varying lights and weather conditions, indomitable and indifferent.

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Nordwand was released last year and is now available on DVD and Blu-ray:

http://www.nordwand-film.de/

It's an excellent, well made film, especially for those interested in mountaineering...also some scenes of Toni and Andi during their service as Gebirgsjägers...a must see.

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Its been released in the UK on DVD and Bluray as "North Face"
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Oh...and I thought it is completly new to the english people... :lol:

Well, for all of you who didn´t see it, do it!!!

And here is the english trailer: http://uk.filmtrailer.com/cinema/1236/North+Face.html

Best regards,

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Yes it is a fantastic film! A definate must-see!!! ...


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Maleme wrote:Yes it is a fantastic film! A definate must-see!!! ...
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Yes really great film, I've watched it three months ago
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Great movie I enjoyed it! 8)

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