There is a new movie hitting selected U.S. theaters this month: Philipp Stölzl’s North Face: A True Story. If you’re like me and love adventure and survival movies, then you may be just as eager to see this film!
North Face is based on the true story of two German climbers, Toni Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser, who attempted to scale Eiger’s North Face in 1936.
Eiger is an extremely famous mountain in the Swiss Alps, a 13,000 foot peak whose north face remained unclimbed until the 1930s. At that time it became famous for being the only unsolved climbing “problem” and the Nazis determined that German climbers should conquer the north wall in advance of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Notorious for spontaneous rockfall, quickly shifting weather, and a sheer rock face, it isn’t surprising that over 64 climbers have died attempting Eiger’s north face. Will the German climbers in the movie make it to the top and back? History tells us the answer, but I’m looking forward to seeing how the movie portrays the climb.
After watching the trailer, it sure looks like this one is going to be filled with suspense!
Here is the list of locations and times of movie showings. Can’t wait till I can see it!
Some REI stores are showing the movie for free in early 2010.
I got to check out the movie last night! I highly recommend it. Here’s my movie review of North Face: A True Story. Enjoy!
Yeah pretty funny that the movie came out in the U.S. after it debuted in Europe in the U.K. My DVD player can only handle U.S. DVDs, so I’m gonna check it out on the big screen! 🙂
this seems so odd, because this is normally the opposite way round. But why not if your dvd player can play other regions get the dvd of this amazing movie from Europe (and I hate including the UK in that). I have it on blu-ray and it is a great movie.