Video, Cinema & TV => Movies => Topic started by: Eric on January 02, 2014, 11:18:17 PM
Title: Norwand (North Face) - Question for our german friends.
Post by: Eric on January 02, 2014, 11:18:17 PM
I watched this movie yesterday and I am wondering how close to the truth it is. Is this completely made up like most american 'true story" movies or is it actually historically accurate ?
Oh, I'm note sure actually that it's a german movie, I believe it could be swiss
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844457/plotsummary
Title: Re: Norwand (North Face) - Question for our german friends.
Post by: GSyren on January 02, 2014, 11:33:04 PM
For the most part Nordwand is historically correct. Some artistic license has been taken, but as far as I know not very much. A great film, by the way.
Title: Re: Norwand (North Face) - Question for our german friends.
Post by: Mustrum_Ridcully on January 03, 2014, 12:01:08 AM
From what I know the movie is quite close to the historical events. It's not a documentary though.
Quite a good documentary about the events (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1101637/?ref_=nm_knf_i2) from 1936 is a feature that is (too) about the 1985 attempt to complete the route chosen in1936 by Toni Kurz and his companions.
If you don't want to click through the 8 parts (and ~ 75 minutes): It is available on DVD (http://www.amazon.com/The-Beckoning-Silence-Region-2/dp/B000W668QC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1388704026&sr=8-3&keywords=the+beckoning+silence) too
Title: Re: Norwand (North Face) - Question for our german friends.
Post by: Eric on January 03, 2014, 02:56:06 AM
I suppose whatever happened on the mountain had to be imagined by the writer though. How would anyone know anything about the details since all four climbers died ?
Title: Re: Norwand (North Face) - Question for our german friends.
Post by: Mustrum_Ridcully on January 03, 2014, 10:08:07 AM
The thing about this attempt was, that it was the first time that it was completely observed by cameras from the ground-station. After all the Nazis used (or at least wanted to use) this for their propaganda and they were real filing-freaks.
So when it comes to dialogues, they most likely are invented, the events didn't need to be.
Title: Re: Norwand (North Face) - Question for our german friends.
Post by: Eric on January 03, 2014, 01:58:12 PM
Thanks for the information Michael, the movie does not really show this. It shows people looking at them with telescopes but I did not realize that everything was filmed.