Arts.21 # NANGA PARBAT – A Mountaineering Movie Drama # 09.01.2010

The new film by director Joseph Vilsmaier tells the story of the tragedy of two brothers - Günther and Reinhold Messner - on the Nanga Parbat peak in the western Himalayas some 40 years ago. Only one of the brothers survived the fateful descent: a drama told in awe-inspiring movie images.