Being the English title for Nordwand, a somewhat factual German film about the 1936 attempt to climb the north face of the Eiger, also known as Mordwand or Murder Wall because of the number of climbers who have died trying. This story does not have the mandatory happy ending either.
The movie takes a while to get going, and non-climbing scenes are of average quality, but when we get to the north face the filmmakers seem to switch gears and the results are gripping and look marvelous. I don't know how much was actual climbing and how much special effects, but the whole fit together so well I didn't really care.
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