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The Beckoning Silence

DocumentaryActionDrama
7.6·2007·1h 13m

In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treac...

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Cast

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Andreas Abegglen

Willy Angerer

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Simon Anthamatten

Andreas Hinterstoisser

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Cyrille Berthod

Edi Rainier

Steven Mackintosh

Steven Mackintosh

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Roger Schäli

Toni Kurz

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Joe Simpson

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DIRECTOR

Louise Osmond

OVERVIEW

In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering's most epic tragedies. As a child, it was this story and that of one of the climbers in particular, that first captured Simpson's imagination and inspired him to take up mountaineering.