K2 - La montagna degli italiani

A documentary about the first ascent of K2, achieved by a team of Italian alpinists in 1954.

This film is worth watching because it accurately depicts the dramatic events during the dreadful ascent and clarifies an episode related to one of the alpinist's (Bonatti) devoted support operations to the two alpinists designated for the final ascent to the summit (Lacedelli and Compagnoni).

This episode, originally omitted in the official report of the expedition, was widely controversial and received much discussion for decades afterwards in Italy and around the world, with some declaring Bonatti the villain and others the hero.

Seems like the script was done by a 14 year old. Never seen a worse montain drama. No climber would talk like this. Also the action scenes are unrealistic and childish. The actor's performance is poor. The included love story is complete nonsense. Watching The movie is a total waste of time. The italian heroes did not deserve this.

This is not the real story this is fake and false. The history of K2 was corrected after 54 years in 2008 this is the false version please read Bonatti books or the official history by CAI.