North Face

Titre original : Nordwand

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,4/10

17 k

MA NOTE

Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, and Johanna Wokalek in North Face (2008)

Two Bavarian climbers attempt to be the first to conquer the north face of the Eiger.

Liretrailer1 min 46 s

5 vidéos

42 photos

Mountain Adventure Adventure Biography Drama History Sport

Une secrétaire d'un journal berlinois écrit sur deux alpinistes qu'elle connaît bien. Plus tard, elle photographie l'ascension de ses amis et d'autres alpinistes de la dangereuse face nord d... Tout lireUne secrétaire d'un journal berlinois écrit sur deux alpinistes qu'elle connaît bien. Plus tard, elle photographie l'ascension de ses amis et d'autres alpinistes de la dangereuse face nord de l'Eiger suisse.Une secrétaire d'un journal berlinois écrit sur deux alpinistes qu'elle connaît bien. Plus tard, elle photographie l'ascension de ses amis et d'autres alpinistes de la dangereuse face nord de l'Eiger suisse.

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,4/10

17 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 4 victoires et 7 nominations au total

Vidéos5

Trailer 1:46

North Face

Clip 1:18

"Andi and Luise Run Into Each Other" from North Face

Clip 1:18

"Andi and Luise Run Into Each Other" from North Face

Clip 1:40

"No Man Has Ever Been Up There"

Clip 1:37

"You Want to do the Eiger Too" from North Face

Clip 2:17

"Never Say Never" from North Face

Photos42

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Histoire

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Le saviez-vous

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Anecdotes
As Luise Fellner and her boss, Herr Arau, arrive at the Eiger, the local guides are standing in front of the hotel advertising their services to the tourists. One of the guides notices a pair of climbers in the crowd. "Look who's coming," he says, "Bartolo Sandri and Mario Menti." A fellow guide mutters: "Another couple of fools. Come in a train and leave in a coffin." These two Italian climbers fell to their deaths from the north face June 21, 1938.

Gaffes
At the beginning of the film, when Luisa watches the news in the cinema theater, the voice-over gets the first-names of the alpinists who died on the Eiger wrong. It says Max Mehringer and Karl Sedlmayr, but it's the opposite: KARL Mehringer and MAX Sedlmayr. This may have been intended to show the unreliability of the report.

Citations
[last lines]
Luise Fellner: [voiceover] All I know is that death spared me, and that Toni went away forever that day. One has lived if one has loved. There are times when I find this infinitely hard to believe. Most days I feel that I am alive. And that love is the reason for that.

Bandes originales
Immer ran
Written and Composed by Ulrich Tukur
Performed by Ulrich Tukur

Commentaires des utilisateurs54

Commentaire en vedette

10/10

Not just a great climbing film -- it's a little masterpiece

Nordwand moves along like a finely jeweled Swiss watch. It functions at many levels: It is the story of a young female trying to earn respect in a man's world of journalism in 1936 Berlin. It is the story of her boss, whose "nose for news" reflects the morbid fascination of a readership that craves either the heights of historic triumph or the depths of tragic failure -- any middle ground is not "newsworthy." It is the tale of young friends trying to make names for themselves by daring exploit.

The film poses many questions. Is our attraction to mortally dangerous acts powered by the same force that drew Roman crowds to the gladiator arena? Do adventurers seek glory for themselves, or are they goaded to risk their lives for the satisfaction of others? And if the daring cross the line between the heroic and the foolhardy, must their rescuers do the same?

This film is a travelogue back in time, from Berlin to Bavaria to the Swiss Alps by bicycle and train. It's an art film, with the Eiger providing photogenic backdrop. It's an adventure film. It's a love story. It's a tragedy. It is one part historic documentary and three parts cinematic drama, all in cadence. Oh yes, it is also a great film about climbing.