Nordwand

Don't miss Nordwand at the Broadway...a very authentically made alpine history movie. Some of the Swiss mountainguides who were the doubles actually climbed the route aside from the filming with only totally authentic gear and clothing and hardware from that era. ...not a Stallone climbing movie, that is for sure!

Thanks for the tip James. Will go see.

It's pretty good on the climbing footage for sure, but I think the movie itself tries to fit in too many themes without really succeeding. There's a hardcore fall on a piton caught by a hip belay though!

Great movie, my friend wants to see it after I told him about it, what day does it show?

Worth seeing, for sure, but if you know the history don't get too excited, like I did:

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as they've changed some things that, in my mind, rather damped it. Great footage of the Eiger though. And check out the Beckoning Silence in the commments. That's quite good.

Did we ever establish when the showing is?

Showtimes and other info HERE.

not a bad film. powerful to say the least.

Took my non-climbing friend and she was not too happy... I liked it thou!

Jasmine Kall wrote:Took my non-climbing friend and she was not too happy... I liked it thou!

Yeah, I saw it with a group and there were 2 non-climbers. One cried through most of it and the other was like, "well they were just dumb! Why would ANYBODY do something like that???"

Some people...

The climbing scenes in this movie are unbelievably great. Leader falls, dulfersitz rappels ( I need to try that...... with a backup ), pendulum traverses, hand forging pitons, running belays. My wife found it fascinating but overall did not like it. Too depressing for her.

I thought the movie was lacking in its tempo and ran too smooth, they needed more contrast between the climbing part and the - we need to get out of here - part. The way it was filmed did not keep your attention. A contrast would be another great german film "The Lives of Others" which also had the actor Ulrich Tukur ( the newspaper reporter ). The "Lives of Others" kept your interest by making you wonder what was going to happen next. Hollywood would have put a sound track behind it for sure but they would have also screwed up the details. The German movie makers definitely love climbing and love this story.

I wonder how accurate the detailed events of the climb were, how would anyone know? Climbing logs, looking through telescopes? Also, in the beginning when they arrive at the town, when asked if they would help rescue climbers if there was a problem, would the Swiss mountain guides really have said " we are not legally required.." ? I also noticed that the Germans look heroic and the Austrians and the Swiss not so much. Definitely the German perspective.

Rick Blair wrote:The climbing scenes in this movie are unbelievably great. Leader falls, dulfersitz rappels ( I need to try that...... with a backup ), pendulum traverses, hand forging pitons, running belays. My wife found it fascinating but overall did not like it. Too depressing for her. I thought the movie was lacking in its tempo and ran too smooth, they needed more contrast between the climbing part and the - we need to get out of here - part. The way it was filmed did not keep your attention. A contrast would be another great german film "The Lives of Others" which also had the actor Ulrich Tukur ( the newspaper reporter ). The "Lives of Others" kept your interest by making you wonder what was going to happen next. Hollywood would have put a sound track behind it for sure but they would have also screwed up the details. The German movie makers definitely love climbing and love this story. I wonder how accurate the detailed events of the climb were, how would anyone know? Climbing logs, looking through telescopes? Also, in the beginning when they arrive at the town, when asked if they would help rescue climbers if there was a problem, would the Swiss mountain guides really have said " we are not legally required.." ? I also noticed that the Germans look heroic and the Austrians and the Swiss not so much. Definitely the German perspective.

Accurate? Very much true. Besides the silly love story part and her scampering out on icy 4th class cliffs, this is pretty much what the history of the Eiger was all about. Must reading is 'The White Spider', by Heinrich Harrer. That will get you wondering how all these guys kept coming out to climb and die, considering you might pass a dead body left from a previous attempt as you make your futile effort. Pretty gutsy stuff for the 30's.

Woodchuck ATC wrote: Accurate? Very much true. Besides the silly love story part and her scampering out on icy 4th class cliffs, this is pretty much what the history of the Eiger was all about.

I'd say fairly accurate. But I will never forgive the filmmakers for changing Kurz's last words, the simplest and most somber in all of climbing literature: "Ich kann nicht mehr."

It is on Netflix online as "north face"... go watch it.

biscuits wrote:It is on Netflix online as "north face"... go watch it.

Is it badly English dubbed now, since Netflix chose not to use the 'Nordwand' title? I enjoyed the German dialogue, as it's pretty easy to just watch and know what is going on after awhile.