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Deutsche Eisenbahner im Kampf um den Nanga Parbat

Short version of 'Nanga Parbat' (1936), the record of the 1934 German expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Peter Aschenbrenner and Erwin Schneider reached an estimated height of 7,895m on July 6, but were forced to return because of worsening weather. On July 7 they and 14 others were trapped by a ferocious storm at 7,480m. During the desperate retreat that followed, three famous German mountaineers, Uli Wieland, Willo Welzenbach and Merkl himself, and six Sherpas died of exhaustion, exposure and altitude sickness, and several more suffered severe frostbite.

Director
Johannes Fritze
Release date
Jan 1, 1935
Original language
German
Origin
Germany

Cast of Deutsche Eisenbahner im Kampf um den Nanga Parbat

  • Portrait of Willy Merkl

    Willy Merkl

    Self

  • Peter Aschenbrenner

    Self

  • Fritz Bechtold

    Self

  • Willi Bernard

    Self

  • Alfred Drexel

    Self

  • Peter Müllritter

    Self

  • Ulrich Wieland

    Self

  • Ang Tsering

    Self

  • Erwin Schneider

    Self

  • Peter Misch

    Self

  • Richard Finster

    Self

  • Walter Raechl

    Self

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