In the Shadow of Karakorum
Documentary
★ 9.0·1955·1h 27m
In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Karakoram Mountains, geographically north of the Him...
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Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Self - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)
Otto Mellies
Self - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)
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Mathias Rebitsch
Self - Expedition Leader
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Wolfgang Pillewizer
Self - Scientific Director
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Paul Bernett
Self - Expedition Doctor
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Anderl Heckmair
Self - Expedition Member
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Karl Heckler
Self - Expedition Member (†)
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Gerhard Klamert
Self - Expedition Member
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DIRECTOR
Eugen Schuhmacher
OVERVIEW
In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Karakoram Mountains, geographically north of the Himalayas. They come across the Hunza, a people who live in the valley of the same name and believe they are descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. The documentary conveys impressions of the poor life of the Hunza people, the harvest, a court hearing, festivals and the children's everyday school life. Finally, the expedition sets off again and sets up its main camp on the moraine ridge of a glacier, where they measure the glacier and the earth's magnetic field. Finally, some men from the research community set off for a sub-peak of Batura.