In the Shadow of the Karakorum
Documentary
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.
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Details
- Directed by
- Eugen Schuhmacher
- Released
- 3 Aug 1955
- Status
- Released
- Language
- German
- Studio
- Eugen Schuhmacher Produktion
- Votes
- 1 on TMDB
Cast
Ernst Fritz FürbringerSelf - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)
Otto MelliesSelf - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)- MMathias RebitschSelf - Expedition Leader
- WWolfgang PillewizerSelf - Scientific Director
- PPaul BernettSelf - Expedition Doctor
Anderl HeckmairSelf - Expedition Member- KKarl HecklerSelf - Expedition Member (†)
- GGerhard KlamertSelf - Expedition Member
- DDolf MeyerSelf - Expedition Member
- KKarl Heinz PfaffenSelf - Expedition Member
- HHans-Jochen SchneiderSelf - Expedition Member
- KKarl WienertSelf - Expedition Member
- HHans ZeitterSelf - Expedition Member
- EEugen SchuhmacherSelf - Cameraman
