Nordwand (North Face) (2008)

[DanielJones]

Here is a film that should interest some. "Nordwand", a German production about the first "serious" try of the north face of the Eiger in 1936. Of course it is a foreign language film and it is subtitle in English on the DVD.
I stumbled across this one recently and I was wondering if anyone here has caught this film and what they thought of it. If you have I would be interested in if this is one to add to a DVD collection or not.

[video=youtube;xbbXWyI2AqE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbbXWyI2AqE[/video]
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844457/

Based on a true story, North Face is a suspenseful adventure film about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. Set in 1936, as Germany's WWII-era leadership propaganda urges the nation's Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif - the Eiger - two reluctant German climbers begin their daring ascent.

Thanks for looking and any comments are welcome.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Some other images from the film.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Here is a link to some behind the scenes photo journal, I think. Either that or they are doing impressions from that time in 1936.

http://www.griwa.com/index.php?Grindelwald_for_excellence:Nordwand

Lots of good looking hats & clothing to be seen here.

In any case great clothing of the time.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Here is another trailer on Youtube. I think this one is more gripping and tense.

[video=youtube;Of9fd6smarA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of9fd6smarA[/video]

And a couple of clips from the film...
[video=youtube;Df499ck2xNE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df499ck2xNE&feature=channel[/video]

[video=youtube;K0qn-dtaMCQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0qn-dtaMCQ&feature=channel[/video]

Cheers!

Dan

 

[LizzieMaine]

We ran this for a week last spring -- a very intense, suspenseful picture. It's common to say "I had to catch my breath after seeing that," about a movie, but in this case it was meant literally. I turned the air conditioning way up during the shows so it would get very cold during the mountain scenes, for added realism.

 

[DanielJones]

We ran this for a week last spring -- a very intense, suspenseful picture. It's common to say "I had to catch my breath after seeing that," about a movie, but in this case it was meant literally. I turned the air conditioning way up during the shows so it would get very cold during the mountain scenes, for added realism.

Wow! That sound really neat Lizzie. The cooler conditions in the theater would add to the viewing experience for sure.

Cheers!

Dan