1 00:00:26,857 --> 00:00:29,615 TOURING BOOK BY TONI KURZ 2 00:01:04,980 --> 00:01:08,052 When you're at the bottom, Toni once told me 3 00:01:08,980 --> 00:01:10,777 at the foot of the wall... 4 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:12,853 and you look up, 5 00:01:12,941 --> 00:01:15,739 you ask yourself: How can anyone climb that? 6 00:01:16,701 --> 00:01:19,613 Why would anyone even want to? 7 00:01:19,901 --> 00:01:23,291 But hours later when you're at the top... 8 00:01:23,581 --> 00:01:25,812 looking down, 9 00:01:25,902 --> 00:01:27,972 you've forgotten everything... 10 00:01:30,342 --> 00:01:32,492 Except the one person you promised... 11 00:01:32,582 --> 00:01:34,140 you would come back to. 12 00:01:39,683 --> 00:01:44,279 THE NORTH FACE 13 00:01:46,703 --> 00:01:49,171 Based on a true story 14 00:01:57,564 --> 00:02:00,954 The "Wall of Death" this perilous Alpine face is often called. 15 00:02:01,244 --> 00:02:03,758 But German flying ace Ernst Udet... 16 00:02:03,844 --> 00:02:07,315 fearlessly comes within 20 meters of its icy cliffs... 17 00:02:07,605 --> 00:02:10,517 in search of the missing Munich climbers... 18 00:02:10,705 --> 00:02:13,503 Max Mehringer and Karl Sedlmayer. 19 00:02:14,705 --> 00:02:18,334 After forging into the middle of the face, our brave troopers... 20 00:02:18,625 --> 00:02:20,821 died in their bivouacs. 21 00:02:20,906 --> 00:02:24,501 After the tragedy, the canton of Berne decreed... 22 00:02:24,586 --> 00:02:27,817 that climbing the North Face is strictly forbidden. 23 00:02:27,906 --> 00:02:32,138 But will this piece of paper hold back German youth? 24 00:02:34,487 --> 00:02:38,526 With the Olympic Games approaching, our proud youth senses... 25 00:02:38,807 --> 00:02:41,560 not only the peril but also the lure, 26 00:02:41,647 --> 00:02:43,717 this challenge of their skills. 27 00:02:44,007 --> 00:02:45,406 For one thing is certain: 28 00:02:45,487 --> 00:02:49,242 The first men to summit will be celebrated as Olympic heroes. 29 00:02:50,588 --> 00:02:55,787 And so the battle cry echoes through Europe: Attack the Eiger North Face! 30 00:02:55,868 --> 00:02:59,656 We must conquer the last problem of the Alps! 31 00:03:13,969 --> 00:03:16,609 BERLIN - MAY 1936 NEWSROOM AT THE BERLINER ZEITUNG 32 00:03:26,470 --> 00:03:31,784 We've contacted every Alpine club. False alarm. 33 00:03:31,871 --> 00:03:34,590 Maybe it's just too early in the season for... 34 00:03:35,391 --> 00:03:36,460 mountain climbing. 35 00:03:36,551 --> 00:03:39,623 Die-hard climbers die easier than you think. 36 00:03:40,551 --> 00:03:42,348 Humans are foolhardy by nature. 37 00:03:42,431 --> 00:03:44,309 Do you know what this is? 38 00:03:44,392 --> 00:03:45,507 Not yet, boss. 39 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:47,583 The Reich Press Secretary... 40 00:03:47,672 --> 00:03:49,344 instructs us to focus... 41 00:03:49,432 --> 00:03:52,185 on the first ascent of the Eiger. 42 00:03:52,272 --> 00:03:53,785 That's your jurisdiction. 43 00:03:54,072 --> 00:03:57,304 I want a German first ascent soon, or you'll be... 44 00:03:57,393 --> 00:03:58,621 climbing it yourself. 45 00:04:00,133 --> 00:04:02,693 Henry, what about that pair from Berchtesgaden? 46 00:04:03,693 --> 00:04:07,572 It was in the local paper. Try to remember... 47 00:04:07,853 --> 00:04:10,766 Two men from the Mountain Brigade, I think, 48 00:04:10,854 --> 00:04:14,130 and one of them is named... 49 00:04:14,414 --> 00:04:17,565 Hinterstoisser. Yes, one is Hinterstoisser... 50 00:04:17,854 --> 00:04:19,765 and the other... 51 00:04:21,274 --> 00:04:23,344 - Henry? - Kurz. 52 00:04:25,315 --> 00:04:26,714 What? 53 00:04:29,795 --> 00:04:31,513 What do you mean by "courts"? 54 00:04:31,595 --> 00:04:33,711 Andi Hinterstoisser and Toni Kurz. 55 00:04:34,555 --> 00:04:37,434 Mr. Henze meant them. They'll scale anything tall. 56 00:04:37,516 --> 00:04:39,586 It's all they ever thought about as kids. 57 00:04:40,396 --> 00:04:42,193 Put one and one together. 58 00:04:42,276 --> 00:04:45,234 What have they dreamed about since they were kids? 59 00:04:45,316 --> 00:04:48,149 Graduating from high school, Henze? 60 00:04:48,536 --> 00:04:49,889 Sorry, boss. 61 00:04:49,976 --> 00:04:55,005 About the Eiger, of course. Climbing it first, Olympic gold, etc. 62 00:04:55,497 --> 00:04:58,091 How do you know about them? 63 00:04:58,917 --> 00:05:01,477 - Miss...? - Fellner. 64 00:05:01,557 --> 00:05:05,107 I'm from Berchtesgaden too. We practically grew up together. 65 00:05:05,398 --> 00:05:07,628 I know almost everything about them. 66 00:05:07,718 --> 00:05:08,787 Oh really? 67 00:05:11,218 --> 00:05:12,492 Everything? 68 00:05:27,639 --> 00:05:31,268 Around noon, after 27 hours of struggle, 69 00:05:31,359 --> 00:05:33,829 we summited and shook hands in silence. 70 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,436 It was a hard, life-renewing battle, 71 00:05:36,580 --> 00:05:39,428 for only one who has felt death so near... 72 00:05:39,540 --> 00:05:41,690 ...will truly know that life is dear. 73 00:05:41,780 --> 00:05:44,419 Yes. Your Private Kurz is a mountain poet. 74 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:48,938 - That too? - But they're also highly talented. 75 00:05:49,321 --> 00:05:52,074 Göll, Nordwand, Matterhorn, Wartsteinkante... 76 00:05:52,361 --> 00:05:54,636 That was a first ascent. A very difficult climb. 77 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:57,679 Just this May. Nobody thought it was possible. 78 00:05:58,461 --> 00:05:59,450 Well done! 79 00:05:59,541 --> 00:06:02,420 Why aren't they in Berne attempting to climb the Eiger? 80 00:06:04,602 --> 00:06:05,591 I don't know. 81 00:06:06,642 --> 00:06:07,677 Oh, she doesn't know. 82 00:06:07,962 --> 00:06:09,395 Miss Fellner, come here. 83 00:06:11,682 --> 00:06:12,831 Here. 84 00:06:13,903 --> 00:06:16,701 This will get you 40 marks for travel expenses. 85 00:06:16,783 --> 00:06:19,980 Then go to the stockroom and have them give you a Retina. 86 00:06:20,063 --> 00:06:24,295 And then off you go to Berchtesgaden. 87 00:06:26,343 --> 00:06:28,574 Tell your old friends that the German Reich, 88 00:06:28,664 --> 00:06:31,462 especially our editor-in-chief, is counting on them. 89 00:06:34,504 --> 00:06:35,493 Pardon? 90 00:06:35,584 --> 00:06:39,862 Bring back a nice story, child. Go on! 91 00:06:42,545 --> 00:06:44,422 Do your Bavarian alpinists... 92 00:06:44,505 --> 00:06:47,815 look anything like German heroes? 93 00:06:48,205 --> 00:06:50,435 More German and heroic than either of us. 94 00:06:51,005 --> 00:06:54,476 BERCHTESGADEN - MOUNTAIN BRIGADE GARRISON 95 00:07:01,306 --> 00:07:02,739 Hinterstoisser! Kurz! 96 00:07:05,106 --> 00:07:07,904 Have we learned what curfew means? 97 00:07:08,227 --> 00:07:10,582 Or do you still think scaling mountains... 98 00:07:10,667 --> 00:07:12,623 excuses you from looking at your watches? 99 00:07:12,707 --> 00:07:15,062 Company Sergeant sir, we don't own watches. 100 00:07:16,927 --> 00:07:20,078 In that case, Hinterstoisser, I'll tell you... 101 00:07:20,607 --> 00:07:22,997 how long it is until quitting time. 102 00:07:23,288 --> 00:07:26,200 Exactly four urinals in the staff building, 103 00:07:26,288 --> 00:07:28,643 two company latrines in barrack V, and... 104 00:07:29,228 --> 00:07:30,900 one floor in the officer's casino. 105 00:07:31,508 --> 00:07:32,497 Carry on! 106 00:07:40,389 --> 00:07:42,949 Company Sergeant sir, we don't own watches. 107 00:07:44,089 --> 00:07:45,283 Good job! 108 00:07:48,169 --> 00:07:49,158 Heil Hitler. 109 00:07:49,249 --> 00:07:50,239 Bye. 110 00:09:12,756 --> 00:09:13,745 Rope! 111 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,277 We'll never make it this way. 112 00:10:21,361 --> 00:10:23,192 Let's traverse from below. 113 00:10:24,241 --> 00:10:26,709 C'mon, never say never. 114 00:11:23,485 --> 00:11:24,964 Everything OK? 115 00:11:25,765 --> 00:11:27,278 Yeah. 116 00:11:27,365 --> 00:11:29,482 Hinterstoisser, you heavy bastard. 117 00:11:29,566 --> 00:11:31,397 You need to do more push-ups, Kurz. 118 00:11:43,467 --> 00:11:44,616 But it was a good idea. 119 00:11:45,307 --> 00:11:47,662 Maybe it still needs a little work. 120 00:11:49,367 --> 00:11:51,437 You need to work on hammering in pitons. 121 00:12:04,548 --> 00:12:06,857 - Berg Heil, partner, we made it. - Berg Heil. 122 00:12:08,388 --> 00:12:11,108 Here's to the new Hinterstoisser-Kurz route! 123 00:12:40,151 --> 00:12:42,267 Angerer and Rainer are going for it. 124 00:12:43,551 --> 00:12:44,620 What? 125 00:12:44,711 --> 00:12:47,509 You know what I'm talking about. 126 00:12:47,991 --> 00:12:49,470 They're climbing the Eiger. 127 00:12:51,312 --> 00:12:52,301 Whatever. 128 00:12:52,992 --> 00:12:56,462 C'mon Toni, we can beat those two left-handed. 129 00:12:56,552 --> 00:12:58,827 I know you, you want to do the Eiger too. 130 00:13:03,082 --> 00:13:05,916 Or why did we scale the south face of the Untersberg? 131 00:13:07,603 --> 00:13:10,800 - In the newspaper you yourself wrote... - I know what I wrote. 132 00:13:14,063 --> 00:13:15,178 Scared, huh? 133 00:13:15,463 --> 00:13:17,852 I'm not scared of anything. 134 00:13:43,345 --> 00:13:46,338 Hi, Mrs. Kurz, I'm bringing your Toni back home. 135 00:13:46,426 --> 00:13:48,417 Glad you got back safely. 136 00:13:49,066 --> 00:13:50,419 We've got a visitor. 137 00:13:51,266 --> 00:13:52,745 Yes. Here. 138 00:13:53,146 --> 00:13:55,182 I usually don't work in this jacket. 139 00:13:55,266 --> 00:13:56,824 That's OK. 140 00:13:56,906 --> 00:13:58,259 Makes a good impression. 141 00:14:00,627 --> 00:14:01,662 Luise! 142 00:14:02,547 --> 00:14:03,741 Come here. 143 00:14:04,027 --> 00:14:06,143 - Hello. - Let's have a look at you. Hi. 144 00:14:08,707 --> 00:14:10,345 You look like a regular city girl. 145 00:14:10,427 --> 00:14:11,416 - Yeah? - Yeah. 146 00:14:11,867 --> 00:14:13,187 You slipped. 147 00:14:13,708 --> 00:14:14,697 Yes. 148 00:14:15,228 --> 00:14:16,217 How is Berlin? 149 00:14:16,308 --> 00:14:18,299 - Loud and expensive. - I bet! 150 00:14:21,348 --> 00:14:23,543 - Hi, Toni. - Hello Luise. 151 00:14:25,748 --> 00:14:29,025 - Luise is a photo journalist now. - Volunteer, Mrs. Kurz. 152 00:14:29,309 --> 00:14:32,267 And what do you do? 153 00:14:32,349 --> 00:14:36,024 For now, in the beginning I mostly make coffee. 154 00:14:36,409 --> 00:14:37,922 For the editors. 155 00:14:38,009 --> 00:14:39,488 Well, well. Not bad. 156 00:14:39,569 --> 00:14:41,288 Yeah sure. Not bad. 157 00:14:44,970 --> 00:14:47,279 I'll just take these things inside. 158 00:14:47,370 --> 00:14:49,600 Maybe you'll come tonight after all? 159 00:14:50,310 --> 00:14:52,983 Now that Luise is coming too. 160 00:14:53,070 --> 00:14:55,221 Where am I coming too? 161 00:15:22,713 --> 00:15:23,941 I'm back. 162 00:15:26,833 --> 00:15:29,631 - Same old Andi, hm? - Yes. 163 00:15:29,713 --> 00:15:31,704 He's game for anything. 164 00:15:32,193 --> 00:15:33,546 And you? 165 00:15:40,034 --> 00:15:42,502 - When did you start smoking? - A while ago. 166 00:15:52,095 --> 00:15:54,006 Hey, you two! 167 00:16:00,955 --> 00:16:03,470 I read your article in the local newspaper. 168 00:16:03,556 --> 00:16:05,114 It was great! 169 00:16:05,196 --> 00:16:09,109 My boss read it too. You're the talk of Berlin. 170 00:16:09,496 --> 00:16:11,566 We are? 171 00:16:11,656 --> 00:16:14,011 You and the other top mountaineers. 172 00:16:14,296 --> 00:16:17,892 With the Olympics coming up, they're pushing the Eiger. 173 00:16:18,177 --> 00:16:20,213 They want stories about the first ascent. 174 00:16:20,297 --> 00:16:22,765 - Full coverage. - That's why you're here? 175 00:16:22,857 --> 00:16:24,370 They gave me the story. 176 00:16:24,657 --> 00:16:26,170 Evening. 177 00:16:26,857 --> 00:16:27,926 - Hello, Luise. - Hi. 178 00:16:28,317 --> 00:16:30,274 - Back in Bavaria? - Just temporarily. 179 00:16:30,678 --> 00:16:33,988 Luise is making her career in the capital, Erlberger. 180 00:16:34,078 --> 00:16:36,308 Don't you wish you could too? 181 00:16:36,698 --> 00:16:38,689 I go wherever the Führer needs me. 182 00:16:42,118 --> 00:16:45,316 Who knows why they chose me? But imagine... 183 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:47,390 if you did it! You'd be on the front page. 184 00:16:47,479 --> 00:16:50,154 Berchtesgaden Heroes Conquer Last Problem of the Alps! 185 00:16:50,239 --> 00:16:51,757 Famous all over Germany. 186 00:16:51,839 --> 00:16:52,828 Exactly. 187 00:16:52,919 --> 00:16:55,479 Front page, and no more making coffee. 188 00:16:56,039 --> 00:16:58,395 Except for myself. Cheers! 189 00:16:59,220 --> 00:17:01,370 I'm sure you'll write a terrific story, 190 00:17:01,460 --> 00:17:03,690 but not about us, we're skipping the Eiger. 191 00:17:04,860 --> 00:17:05,929 What? 192 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,035 You're skipping the Eiger? No way, I know you. 193 00:17:12,561 --> 00:17:15,155 If you know so much, you must have heard of... 194 00:17:15,441 --> 00:17:17,955 Max Sedlmayer and Karl Mehringer. 195 00:17:18,561 --> 00:17:22,190 We knew both of them, two first-class alpinists. 196 00:17:22,281 --> 00:17:25,281 On the "Death Wall" there's sunshine one minute... 197 00:17:25,402 --> 00:17:26,881 and a blizzard the next. 198 00:17:26,962 --> 00:17:29,351 Or you get hit by an avalanche or a rock slide. 199 00:17:30,982 --> 00:17:32,620 That's not climbing. 200 00:17:35,122 --> 00:17:36,521 You can be the best, 201 00:17:36,602 --> 00:17:39,834 but it's still a lottery. That's why we're skipping it. 202 00:17:41,483 --> 00:17:42,598 I'm tired. 203 00:17:43,323 --> 00:17:44,312 I'm going home. 204 00:17:45,443 --> 00:17:48,958 Andi, don't forget the curfew. Luise, good luck, 205 00:17:49,243 --> 00:17:50,722 see you around. 206 00:17:54,664 --> 00:17:56,655 What was that? 207 00:17:56,744 --> 00:17:58,894 We prefer cleaning latrines these days. 208 00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:24,302 It's just like when we went climbing as kids. 209 00:18:24,386 --> 00:18:26,616 - What? - Me chasing after you. 210 00:18:31,806 --> 00:18:34,321 I want something I can be proud of too. 211 00:18:34,507 --> 00:18:36,896 And if they print my story... 212 00:18:37,087 --> 00:18:38,645 You must understand that. 213 00:18:39,847 --> 00:18:41,326 I do understand, 214 00:18:42,247 --> 00:18:43,760 just find 2 other climbers. 215 00:18:44,047 --> 00:18:46,003 You're so stubborn. 216 00:18:49,448 --> 00:18:52,121 But I always waited for you in the end. 217 00:18:56,968 --> 00:18:59,004 Faster, you can go much faster! 218 00:18:59,088 --> 00:19:00,077 Go! 219 00:19:00,168 --> 00:19:01,158 Lazy bastards. 220 00:19:01,649 --> 00:19:04,243 - Look at this joke of a wall. - Leave me alone. 221 00:19:04,329 --> 00:19:06,160 No talking! Climb! 222 00:19:06,249 --> 00:19:08,240 I thought you could do this. 223 00:19:08,329 --> 00:19:09,478 Faster! 224 00:19:13,049 --> 00:19:14,688 Thanks. 225 00:19:17,250 --> 00:19:18,399 Next! 226 00:19:20,190 --> 00:19:21,179 What's wrong? 227 00:19:22,290 --> 00:19:23,564 I'm not hungry. 228 00:19:29,531 --> 00:19:31,203 Hey, Andi, 229 00:19:31,291 --> 00:19:35,170 how long are you going to be mad at me? 230 00:19:35,251 --> 00:19:39,290 How long are you going to be too coward to even try? 231 00:19:40,131 --> 00:19:42,726 You and I could be the first ones up there. 232 00:19:42,812 --> 00:19:44,882 That's not what climbing is about. 233 00:19:45,812 --> 00:19:47,165 Yes it is, 234 00:19:47,352 --> 00:19:49,070 that's exactly what it's about. 235 00:19:49,152 --> 00:19:52,064 I want to prove to the world what I can do and who I am. 236 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:55,442 I don't have to prove anything to anyone. 237 00:19:56,933 --> 00:19:58,127 I climb for myself. 238 00:19:58,213 --> 00:20:01,046 Understand? For me alone. 239 00:20:07,473 --> 00:20:09,465 Just arrived from Munich. 240 00:20:09,554 --> 00:20:13,149 I imagined it much bigger. On such a tiny... 241 00:20:13,434 --> 00:20:14,867 I don't even know what it's called. 242 00:20:14,954 --> 00:20:15,943 Piton. 243 00:20:16,234 --> 00:20:19,544 Whatever. Just imagine a man's life hangs from this tiny thing. 244 00:20:20,674 --> 00:20:22,824 You've got to be very determined. 245 00:20:31,195 --> 00:20:32,594 They backed down, right? 246 00:20:36,295 --> 00:20:37,365 How do you know? 247 00:20:41,376 --> 00:20:43,287 A reporter's most important tool. 248 00:20:47,456 --> 00:20:48,855 Next, please. 249 00:20:50,336 --> 00:20:52,248 Willy Angerer and Edi Rainer are Austrians, 250 00:20:52,537 --> 00:20:53,970 but they're party members. 251 00:20:54,057 --> 00:20:57,208 And apparently top-notch alpinists. 252 00:20:57,297 --> 00:20:59,333 They're camped at the foot of the Eiger. 253 00:20:59,417 --> 00:21:01,612 In the next few days... 254 00:21:01,697 --> 00:21:04,337 I'll be paying the gentlemen a visit. 255 00:21:04,418 --> 00:21:05,931 I see. 256 00:21:08,838 --> 00:21:11,955 Miss Fellner, there'll be other times. 257 00:21:13,878 --> 00:21:15,277 Yes. 258 00:21:50,621 --> 00:21:53,579 Special leave until the end of July? 259 00:21:54,261 --> 00:21:56,536 Are you completely mad, Hinterstoisser? 260 00:21:58,141 --> 00:21:59,336 Reason? 261 00:21:59,422 --> 00:22:01,253 Private business, Company Sergeant. 262 00:22:01,342 --> 00:22:03,537 Don't play me for a fool, Andi! 263 00:22:04,122 --> 00:22:05,111 I'm not stupid. 264 00:22:05,682 --> 00:22:07,195 Company Sergeant, the truth is... 265 00:22:07,282 --> 00:22:09,352 I know what the truth is. 266 00:22:10,682 --> 00:22:12,878 Request denied. Dismissed! 267 00:22:13,723 --> 00:22:15,998 Permission to speak, sir. 268 00:22:16,283 --> 00:22:17,352 It's for a wedding. 269 00:22:21,523 --> 00:22:24,481 You're just what I needed, Kurz. 270 00:22:25,883 --> 00:22:28,717 Well then, who is getting married? 271 00:22:28,804 --> 00:22:30,237 I am, Company Sergeant sir. 272 00:22:30,724 --> 00:22:31,599 You? 273 00:22:31,744 --> 00:22:34,656 And Private Hinterstoisser is to be my best man. 274 00:22:36,664 --> 00:22:39,178 Get out! Both of you! 275 00:22:39,264 --> 00:22:42,621 If we don't get our leave of absence, we quit. 276 00:22:43,285 --> 00:22:44,274 Heil Hitler. 277 00:22:44,645 --> 00:22:46,078 Bye. 278 00:22:51,775 --> 00:22:53,652 Why did you change your mind? 279 00:22:55,076 --> 00:22:57,067 Because what I said wasn't true. 280 00:22:58,076 --> 00:22:59,350 I don’t just climb for me. 281 00:23:00,596 --> 00:23:02,393 And someone has to watch out for you. 282 00:23:14,537 --> 00:23:17,292 That's enough, now we need 10 ice pitons. 283 00:23:18,657 --> 00:23:22,094 Crampons, ice axes, carabiners, short and long pick, 284 00:23:22,178 --> 00:23:25,136 two times 30 metres of rope, two static chords... 285 00:23:25,518 --> 00:23:27,748 - There's no "h" in cords. - Who cares? 286 00:23:29,098 --> 00:23:31,658 Two gasoline stoves, a litre of gasoline, 287 00:23:31,938 --> 00:23:34,247 a pack of Metas, and so on and so forth. 288 00:23:35,059 --> 00:23:36,378 How much? 289 00:23:36,459 --> 00:23:38,017 Sixty marks. At least. 290 00:23:38,099 --> 00:23:40,249 Plus another 15 for the train. 291 00:23:40,339 --> 00:23:42,136 What train? We're going by bike. 292 00:23:42,219 --> 00:23:45,575 Sure, by bike to Switzerland. That's just 700 km, right? 293 00:23:59,580 --> 00:24:00,899 Miss Fellner? 294 00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:04,452 Just a second. 295 00:24:06,741 --> 00:24:07,730 OK. 296 00:24:11,861 --> 00:24:13,260 Evening. 297 00:24:13,941 --> 00:24:15,169 Working so late? 298 00:24:15,261 --> 00:24:16,661 Yes... 299 00:24:17,542 --> 00:24:21,137 The man in the photo department, he... 300 00:24:24,662 --> 00:24:26,732 What about him? 301 00:24:30,063 --> 00:24:33,976 He said that after we go to press it's alright... 302 00:24:34,063 --> 00:24:36,179 for me to print my photos. 303 00:24:45,644 --> 00:24:47,760 Very nice. Really. 304 00:24:49,524 --> 00:24:50,673 Very good. 305 00:24:50,764 --> 00:24:52,197 Really very good. 306 00:24:52,284 --> 00:24:54,240 You take excellent photos, Miss Fellner. 307 00:24:55,364 --> 00:24:57,002 Thank you. 308 00:24:58,425 --> 00:24:59,778 Ever been to Switzerland? 309 00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:04,574 No. 310 00:25:20,846 --> 00:25:22,757 We should be there by tomorrow. 311 00:25:23,926 --> 00:25:25,485 Are you excited too? 312 00:25:27,447 --> 00:25:28,516 Yeah. 313 00:25:31,487 --> 00:25:33,284 I can see her already. 314 00:25:33,927 --> 00:25:34,916 Who? 315 00:25:35,307 --> 00:25:36,296 The bride, 316 00:25:36,707 --> 00:25:38,300 beautiful, very beautiful, 317 00:25:38,908 --> 00:25:40,705 just a little tall next to you. 318 00:25:40,788 --> 00:25:44,303 3,970 metres, all rock and ice. 319 00:25:44,688 --> 00:25:46,167 Love at first sight, right? 320 00:25:47,168 --> 00:25:48,521 I'm not so sure. 321 00:25:59,229 --> 00:26:01,718 The train goes straight through the mountain... 322 00:26:02,009 --> 00:26:04,569 all the way up to the Jungfrau. 323 00:26:04,649 --> 00:26:07,448 3,457 metres. 324 00:26:08,030 --> 00:26:09,019 Fancy that! 325 00:26:09,110 --> 00:26:11,180 Just look at the landscape! 326 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:13,067 Isn't it splendid? 327 00:26:14,710 --> 00:26:17,588 Fabulously splendid. 328 00:26:17,670 --> 00:26:19,866 Darling, you didn't even look. 329 00:26:20,151 --> 00:26:22,107 The middle station. This is where our hotel is. 330 00:26:22,391 --> 00:26:24,029 Four stars, at over 2,000 metres! 331 00:26:24,211 --> 00:26:26,884 I can see mountains on the Riviera. 332 00:26:26,971 --> 00:26:28,324 From the seaside. 333 00:26:28,411 --> 00:26:30,208 There it is! 334 00:26:38,992 --> 00:26:41,825 TUESDAY, JULY 14 335 00:26:42,912 --> 00:26:45,062 MIDDLE STATION KLEINE SCHEIDEGG - 2,061 M 336 00:26:50,793 --> 00:26:52,351 What a circus. 337 00:26:52,953 --> 00:26:54,272 Colossal. 338 00:26:54,353 --> 00:26:55,706 Come! 339 00:26:57,613 --> 00:27:00,047 A "sea of ice," Darling. The seaside! 340 00:27:01,694 --> 00:27:03,207 Tours to the Maiden Saddle. 341 00:27:03,294 --> 00:27:06,609 I'm too old to be saddling maidens. 342 00:27:07,214 --> 00:27:08,619 Glacier tours! 343 00:27:08,794 --> 00:27:09,783 Look who's coming. 344 00:27:09,874 --> 00:27:12,672 Bartolo Sandri and Mario Menti. 345 00:27:12,854 --> 00:27:14,971 - Who are they? - Italians. 346 00:27:17,175 --> 00:27:19,564 Another couple of fools. 347 00:27:19,655 --> 00:27:22,488 Come in a train, leave in a coffin. 348 00:27:28,596 --> 00:27:30,075 Quite a place, hm? 349 00:27:32,436 --> 00:27:33,869 You know what the best part is? 350 00:27:34,476 --> 00:27:36,546 It all counts as travel expenses. 351 00:27:36,636 --> 00:27:38,592 - Hello. - Arau. 352 00:27:38,676 --> 00:27:40,746 - Mr. Arau. - Yes. 353 00:27:41,036 --> 00:27:44,825 You have a magnificent room with a view of the North Face. 354 00:27:45,017 --> 00:27:46,655 Your wife will be delighted. 355 00:27:47,037 --> 00:27:48,595 Too bad we're just colleagues. 356 00:28:08,798 --> 00:28:11,108 Pretty busy up here. 357 00:28:11,199 --> 00:28:13,554 All crackpots like you. 358 00:28:26,940 --> 00:28:28,339 Well? Nice room? 359 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:31,049 Yes. It's even got a bathtub. 360 00:28:31,140 --> 00:28:33,131 Really? 361 00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:35,729 I don't suppose it's that cozy down there. 362 00:28:52,732 --> 00:28:54,723 I'll start a fire and cook dinner. 363 00:28:55,252 --> 00:28:57,368 You finish pitching the tent. 364 00:28:57,452 --> 00:28:59,170 Are we married or something? 365 00:28:59,252 --> 00:29:01,891 Don't talk, pet! Work! 366 00:29:01,972 --> 00:29:03,929 Now I know! You remind me of my mother. 367 00:29:04,313 --> 00:29:06,304 - I am your mother. - Grandmother. 368 00:29:06,593 --> 00:29:07,787 Mother-in-law. 369 00:29:08,793 --> 00:29:11,023 And that's the spirit of the German conqueror... 370 00:29:11,313 --> 00:29:14,032 manifested in the battle against the mountain. 371 00:29:14,473 --> 00:29:16,703 Bound together in life and death, 372 00:29:16,793 --> 00:29:19,991 the climbing partners dream of ice and rock. 373 00:29:20,374 --> 00:29:21,489 Do you see? 374 00:29:21,574 --> 00:29:24,088 The reader has to feel like he's really there, 375 00:29:24,174 --> 00:29:26,608 that's what makes a good story. 376 00:29:27,974 --> 00:29:30,488 The German soldier dreams of when, 377 00:29:30,674 --> 00:29:32,552 having fought to the summit, 378 00:29:32,735 --> 00:29:34,965 the world shall lie at his feet, 379 00:29:35,055 --> 00:29:38,127 and above him shall stretch the limitless sky. 380 00:29:38,415 --> 00:29:39,564 That's a mouthful. 381 00:29:42,635 --> 00:29:44,591 I adore this kind of thing. 382 00:29:45,036 --> 00:29:46,025 Yeah? 383 00:29:46,316 --> 00:29:49,433 You adore Richard Wagner too. 384 00:29:50,516 --> 00:29:51,585 In any case, 385 00:29:52,276 --> 00:29:55,074 with great photos, no one reads the words anyway. 386 00:29:59,317 --> 00:30:02,036 Did you see the French team's iron? 387 00:30:02,117 --> 00:30:04,187 They won't get as far as the Rote Fluh. 388 00:30:04,277 --> 00:30:06,108 The Dagos don't even have ice axes. 389 00:30:08,237 --> 00:30:10,467 Look who's coming. 390 00:30:10,557 --> 00:30:13,356 Mr. Angerer and Mr. Rainer from Salzburg. 391 00:30:15,438 --> 00:30:16,996 Hello, boys. 392 00:30:18,358 --> 00:30:20,997 Look who we have here. Heil Hitler. 393 00:30:22,758 --> 00:30:24,271 We wondered where you were. 394 00:30:24,358 --> 00:30:27,078 After all, this is a gathering of professionals. 395 00:30:27,459 --> 00:30:30,212 Were you on the wall today? Scouting around? 396 00:30:30,739 --> 00:30:31,888 No. 397 00:30:32,759 --> 00:30:33,748 Picking mushrooms. 398 00:30:34,919 --> 00:30:37,991 How high did you get... picking mushrooms? 399 00:30:38,279 --> 00:30:39,507 What's for dinner? 400 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:41,789 Barley soup. 401 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,553 You say the German alpinist... 402 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,359 dreams of the limitless sky? 403 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,437 Very interesting. 404 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,278 Would this be race-specific? 405 00:30:52,740 --> 00:30:56,131 I wonder, for example: What does... 406 00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:57,490 the Austrian dream of? 407 00:30:57,781 --> 00:30:58,770 A Greater Germany. 408 00:31:01,781 --> 00:31:03,180 At least the Aryans among you. 409 00:31:03,261 --> 00:31:06,458 I wouldn't know if that also applies to you. 410 00:31:12,562 --> 00:31:14,598 I was talking about mountaineers. 411 00:31:14,682 --> 00:31:17,116 Now they are a breed of their own, hm? 412 00:31:18,242 --> 00:31:20,551 Aren't you homesick for Austria? 413 00:31:20,642 --> 00:31:22,474 Schuschnigg... 414 00:31:23,523 --> 00:31:25,354 can't hold out much longer. 415 00:31:29,423 --> 00:31:31,493 When Germany annexes Austria, 416 00:31:31,583 --> 00:31:33,221 we'll be home in the wink of an eye. 417 00:31:34,103 --> 00:31:36,060 And then we call the shots. 418 00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:37,975 - It'll be our turn then. - Aha. 419 00:31:38,744 --> 00:31:41,338 I don't know if I could take being exiled. 420 00:31:42,664 --> 00:31:43,938 Did you see our iron? 421 00:31:45,084 --> 00:31:47,040 Steel pitons, rope, only the best, 422 00:31:47,364 --> 00:31:49,481 and all paid for by the SA. 423 00:31:51,805 --> 00:31:53,682 What do you have to do in return? 424 00:31:56,265 --> 00:31:57,744 Be the first ones at the top. 425 00:32:01,385 --> 00:32:03,741 WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 426 00:32:05,626 --> 00:32:09,917 The tunnel has a total length of 7.4 km. 427 00:32:10,066 --> 00:32:12,817 And it took 15 years to build. 428 00:32:13,006 --> 00:32:14,075 Cost? 429 00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:16,476 16 million Swiss francs. 430 00:32:16,967 --> 00:32:20,243 Behind this wooden door is one of the galleries... 431 00:32:20,327 --> 00:32:22,283 that opens out on the North Face. 432 00:32:22,567 --> 00:32:25,923 From here, excavated rock was dumped straight into the abyss. 433 00:32:26,407 --> 00:32:30,657 We are now just shy of 3,000 metres above sea level. 434 00:32:36,168 --> 00:32:38,204 Sedlmayer and Mehringer started here... 435 00:32:38,288 --> 00:32:40,279 and climbed straight upward. 436 00:32:40,568 --> 00:32:43,845 Tedious, it's so steep you'd need a piton every metre. 437 00:32:44,129 --> 00:32:45,357 I think... 438 00:32:47,749 --> 00:32:49,387 we should climb diagonally. 439 00:32:49,469 --> 00:32:51,266 Head for the gallery window. 440 00:32:51,349 --> 00:32:53,146 And stash gear there? 441 00:32:53,529 --> 00:32:56,760 Yes. Bivouac sacks, ice pitons, food, etc. 442 00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:04,621 EIGERWAND STATION - 2,865 M 443 00:33:08,910 --> 00:33:10,423 Careful, ladies and gentlemen! 444 00:33:31,992 --> 00:33:35,064 Amazing! It goes down forever! 445 00:33:35,672 --> 00:33:37,344 Nearly 1,000 metres, Madam. 446 00:33:37,532 --> 00:33:38,761 Wow! 447 00:33:38,853 --> 00:33:40,605 Darling, did you hear that? 448 00:33:40,693 --> 00:33:43,765 Thanks, I believe it already. 449 00:33:44,693 --> 00:33:47,082 That anyone would voluntarily go out there! 450 00:33:47,893 --> 00:33:50,248 You've got to really want it. 451 00:33:50,533 --> 00:33:52,923 Then across the crack to the Rote Fluh... 452 00:33:53,414 --> 00:33:55,644 First ice field, second ice field, 453 00:33:55,834 --> 00:33:58,348 the Flatiron, the Ramp, the Spider, 454 00:33:58,434 --> 00:34:01,648 then a good exit crack to the summit ice field, 455 00:34:02,034 --> 00:34:02,992 and hallelujah! 456 00:34:11,415 --> 00:34:12,404 Did you hear that? 457 00:34:12,815 --> 00:34:13,804 What? 458 00:34:14,415 --> 00:34:16,007 You didn't hear it. 459 00:34:29,696 --> 00:34:32,529 Careful! 460 00:34:32,616 --> 00:34:35,734 For crying out loud! What are you doing? 461 00:34:36,017 --> 00:34:37,655 I knew it. 462 00:34:37,737 --> 00:34:39,409 What? 463 00:34:39,797 --> 00:34:42,186 I was just like you when I started. 464 00:34:42,377 --> 00:34:45,494 When you want something, you forget everything else. 465 00:34:47,058 --> 00:34:49,128 Still here? 466 00:34:55,718 --> 00:34:57,754 You're up here every day? 467 00:34:57,838 --> 00:34:59,829 Every day and every night. 468 00:35:01,819 --> 00:35:04,833 - Sit down. I'll make tea. - Miss Fellner, come. 469 00:35:08,219 --> 00:35:10,130 You must have a name, hm? 470 00:35:10,219 --> 00:35:12,096 - Von Allmen. - What was that? 471 00:35:13,019 --> 00:35:14,578 Von Allmen. 472 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,753 It looks sinister... the mountain. Don't you think so? 473 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:20,875 It is sinister. 474 00:35:25,540 --> 00:35:28,009 Do you know the legend of the giant ogre? 475 00:35:28,741 --> 00:35:29,935 What's the guy's name? 476 00:35:30,021 --> 00:35:31,852 The mountain is named after it. 477 00:35:32,141 --> 00:35:34,291 Eiger. Ogre. Do you follow? 478 00:35:35,141 --> 00:35:37,814 The legend says the ogre lives in the mountain... 479 00:35:37,901 --> 00:35:41,577 and devours everyone who gets too close. 480 00:35:49,762 --> 00:35:51,878 THURSDAY, JULY 16 481 00:35:52,982 --> 00:35:55,019 - You can't see 5 metres in this fog. - So? 482 00:35:55,103 --> 00:35:57,742 Just a few rope lengths to the gallery window. 483 00:35:58,023 --> 00:36:00,093 We'll hammer a piton, stash our gear, 484 00:36:00,383 --> 00:36:02,294 and be back down for lunch. 485 00:36:02,383 --> 00:36:03,975 And? What are we having? 486 00:36:04,063 --> 00:36:05,212 Barley soup. 487 00:36:05,503 --> 00:36:07,255 Again? I'm staying here. 488 00:36:14,304 --> 00:36:15,623 Rope! 489 00:36:59,447 --> 00:37:01,642 No man has ever been up there. 490 00:37:04,948 --> 00:37:06,825 That will change. 491 00:37:20,849 --> 00:37:22,521 What are you doing at our entry point? 492 00:37:22,909 --> 00:37:24,183 Our entry point. 493 00:37:24,269 --> 00:37:25,258 Our entry point. 494 00:37:26,369 --> 00:37:27,848 What's your problem, bozo? 495 00:37:30,549 --> 00:37:32,939 - Berg Heil, mountaineer. - Get lost! 496 00:37:45,551 --> 00:37:46,540 What did they say? 497 00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:48,383 It's too risky for them. 498 00:37:48,671 --> 00:37:51,026 And the weather doesn't look rosy either. 499 00:37:51,111 --> 00:37:52,305 Meaning what? 500 00:37:52,391 --> 00:37:54,268 If the Austrians back down too, 501 00:37:54,351 --> 00:37:58,425 the boss will wonder why he's paying our expenses. 502 00:38:02,902 --> 00:38:03,891 Luise? 503 00:38:03,982 --> 00:38:05,097 Andi? 504 00:38:05,582 --> 00:38:07,220 What are you doing here? 505 00:38:08,742 --> 00:38:09,857 Working. 506 00:38:11,462 --> 00:38:13,454 This is my colleague, Mr. Arau. 507 00:38:13,643 --> 00:38:16,111 My pleasure. Henry Arau, Berliner Zeitung. 508 00:38:16,203 --> 00:38:18,763 Andi Hinterstoisser, Mountain Brigade... retired. 509 00:38:18,843 --> 00:38:21,073 Thought you didn't care about the Eiger. 510 00:38:21,163 --> 00:38:22,482 Who's your partner? 511 00:38:22,863 --> 00:38:23,852 Who do you think? 512 00:38:24,143 --> 00:38:25,132 Toni? 513 00:38:25,323 --> 00:38:26,552 Looks like it. 514 00:38:27,804 --> 00:38:29,874 There you go! A full-scale attack... 515 00:38:29,964 --> 00:38:31,477 with a German team. 516 00:38:31,564 --> 00:38:33,316 Can I buy you a drink? 517 00:38:33,404 --> 00:38:34,439 Yes. 518 00:38:34,724 --> 00:38:36,316 I mean after you... 519 00:38:36,964 --> 00:38:38,317 change your clothes. 520 00:38:39,324 --> 00:38:41,600 I suppose I could shave. 521 00:38:43,205 --> 00:38:45,673 - The iron pitons for the ice fields... - Ice pitons. 522 00:38:45,765 --> 00:38:46,754 Ice pitons. 523 00:38:47,145 --> 00:38:49,420 Your equipment must weigh a ton. 524 00:38:49,505 --> 00:38:53,340 We use a depot to save energy. 525 00:38:53,626 --> 00:38:55,344 You'll do a reconnaissance climb? 526 00:38:55,886 --> 00:38:56,875 Already have. 527 00:38:57,726 --> 00:38:59,876 - How high? - Just under the Rote Fluh. 528 00:38:59,966 --> 00:39:02,764 But that's nowhere near the Sedlmayer route. 529 00:39:03,046 --> 00:39:05,719 We're taking our own route. 530 00:39:07,067 --> 00:39:09,740 I don't understand a thing. 531 00:39:11,347 --> 00:39:13,702 But I find it terribly adventurous. 532 00:39:17,347 --> 00:39:19,736 Alright, 533 00:39:19,827 --> 00:39:23,946 then here's to adventure, ladies and gentlemen. 534 00:39:24,328 --> 00:39:27,400 As long as a big pile of limestone... 535 00:39:27,488 --> 00:39:30,719 is all the German heroes are out to attack... 536 00:39:31,208 --> 00:39:33,438 and conquer, I don't mind. 537 00:39:33,528 --> 00:39:35,360 Pride, Mr. Landauer, 538 00:39:35,449 --> 00:39:37,167 pride is what this is about. 539 00:39:37,449 --> 00:39:40,805 The pride of facing a challenge, 540 00:39:41,189 --> 00:39:42,941 whether it be in sports or politics. 541 00:39:44,469 --> 00:39:46,027 To this I raise my glass. 542 00:39:46,309 --> 00:39:47,344 Hear, hear! 543 00:39:51,190 --> 00:39:53,499 I'd like to propose a toast too. 544 00:39:55,710 --> 00:39:59,066 That you... 545 00:39:59,150 --> 00:40:01,949 all return safely. 546 00:40:02,031 --> 00:40:05,068 That's the important thing. 547 00:40:05,151 --> 00:40:08,188 That's what you wanted to say, Mr. Arau, isn't it? 548 00:40:09,771 --> 00:40:12,331 Yes, let's drink to that. 549 00:40:12,511 --> 00:40:13,500 Cheers! 550 00:40:13,591 --> 00:40:14,706 Cheers! 551 00:40:21,612 --> 00:40:24,445 And now tell us how it was growing up together... 552 00:40:24,812 --> 00:40:28,088 in the mountains. It's great fodder for our story. 553 00:40:28,372 --> 00:40:30,045 Fodder is for animals. 554 00:40:32,333 --> 00:40:34,164 Just like the good old days, 555 00:40:34,253 --> 00:40:36,608 they've always been cocky. 556 00:40:36,693 --> 00:40:39,491 Isn't it colossally lonely so high up? 557 00:40:39,573 --> 00:40:40,608 No. 558 00:40:42,693 --> 00:40:45,686 - I have my partner with me. - Yes, true. 559 00:40:46,354 --> 00:40:48,868 I tagged along and made them teach me everything. 560 00:40:48,954 --> 00:40:50,069 Can you imagine it? 561 00:40:50,154 --> 00:40:53,351 For example, catching a trout with your bare hand. 562 00:40:53,434 --> 00:40:56,312 - It's not easy. - Very slippery. 563 00:40:56,394 --> 00:40:58,386 Real difficult. 564 00:40:58,775 --> 00:41:01,767 Or how to pitch a tent. 565 00:41:02,055 --> 00:41:03,044 Or ropes? 566 00:41:03,235 --> 00:41:06,149 Right, later how to wind ropes, 567 00:41:06,335 --> 00:41:08,180 how to drive pitons into the wall. 568 00:41:08,315 --> 00:41:10,534 How to find the best hand- and footholds. 569 00:41:10,716 --> 00:41:12,575 I never wore skirts, 570 00:41:12,576 --> 00:41:15,683 - always just lederhosen. - True. 571 00:41:15,736 --> 00:41:16,930 Really? 572 00:41:17,916 --> 00:41:18,905 That's wonderful. 573 00:41:18,996 --> 00:41:20,065 Tell me more! 574 00:41:21,276 --> 00:41:22,834 C'mon. 575 00:41:26,097 --> 00:41:29,612 Where did you learn that? Did you teach yourself? 576 00:41:29,697 --> 00:41:32,655 My piano teacher boxed my ears, so I quit... 577 00:41:32,737 --> 00:41:34,489 and just played in bars after that. 578 00:41:35,077 --> 00:41:37,591 Thanks for the invite. 579 00:41:38,758 --> 00:41:41,272 Won't you stay a bit? It's just starting to get fun. 580 00:41:41,358 --> 00:41:43,349 It's late. 581 00:41:43,438 --> 00:41:45,349 A true athlete, hm? 582 00:41:45,438 --> 00:41:48,613 Disciplined, no loafing about, am I right? 583 00:41:48,938 --> 00:41:50,735 We each make our own decisions in life. 584 00:41:54,059 --> 00:41:55,253 Yes, that's true. 585 00:42:00,739 --> 00:42:03,378 We each make our own decisions. 586 00:42:03,459 --> 00:42:05,769 One has to take risks 587 00:42:05,860 --> 00:42:10,331 Then life's a game 588 00:42:10,420 --> 00:42:12,217 I say let's be reckless 589 00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:16,009 Rather than feckless What good is that? 590 00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:18,609 All these newfangled things 591 00:42:18,901 --> 00:42:22,291 That life brings, we just need to be bold 592 00:42:22,481 --> 00:42:26,997 We want to be gay, to laugh, act silly and daft 593 00:42:27,281 --> 00:42:30,830 And it all works out in the end 594 00:42:31,121 --> 00:42:36,071 Take the bull by the horns, don't hesitate 595 00:42:36,462 --> 00:42:41,297 For if you falter, you rust 596 00:42:46,663 --> 00:42:49,223 Faster, faster Onward, don't wait 597 00:42:49,603 --> 00:42:51,559 Into the wild blue yonder or bust 598 00:43:15,025 --> 00:43:18,176 FRIDAY, JULY 17 599 00:43:43,527 --> 00:43:46,405 It'll get better, you'll see. 600 00:44:01,268 --> 00:44:02,747 You know what's sad? 601 00:44:03,728 --> 00:44:07,277 We'll always be deprived of the real dramas. 602 00:44:10,369 --> 00:44:11,597 What do you mean? 603 00:44:11,689 --> 00:44:14,761 We and the readers. 604 00:44:14,849 --> 00:44:18,888 We report on the hubbub at the Eiger beforehand. 605 00:44:18,969 --> 00:44:22,041 And perhaps on a successful ascent afterwards. 606 00:44:22,330 --> 00:44:24,798 But what really takes place out there... 607 00:44:26,790 --> 00:44:29,145 is something we can only guess at. 608 00:44:30,910 --> 00:44:32,707 I wish it were already over. 609 00:44:32,790 --> 00:44:36,420 I wish it would finally get underway. 610 00:46:05,257 --> 00:46:07,851 I wanted to tell you last night... 611 00:46:10,657 --> 00:46:12,614 that I was a little tipsy. 612 00:46:15,018 --> 00:46:18,488 I'd appreciate you looking after this. 613 00:46:21,728 --> 00:46:24,162 But you always take it with you. 614 00:46:24,248 --> 00:46:25,921 Too heavy. 615 00:46:27,509 --> 00:46:29,067 Too heavy? 616 00:46:30,529 --> 00:46:34,044 I can write my entry afterwards. 617 00:46:35,329 --> 00:46:37,524 You could, but... 618 00:46:40,130 --> 00:46:42,485 Everything I've ever done is in there. 619 00:46:43,930 --> 00:46:46,649 It would be a shame if it got lost. 620 00:47:04,241 --> 00:47:05,390 See you in a bit! 621 00:47:15,982 --> 00:47:17,017 Wake up! 622 00:47:25,223 --> 00:47:27,214 It's time. 623 00:47:28,383 --> 00:47:31,216 Yes. Yes, it's time. 624 00:47:36,604 --> 00:47:38,515 Don't make so much noise! 625 00:47:38,704 --> 00:47:41,059 You'll wake up the competition. 626 00:47:52,185 --> 00:47:55,575 SATURDAY, JULY 18 - 2:10 A.M. 627 00:49:05,670 --> 00:49:07,467 We're off to a good start, hm? 628 00:49:13,731 --> 00:49:15,528 - What is it? - Nothing. 629 00:49:15,711 --> 00:49:16,939 Let's keep going. 630 00:49:17,271 --> 00:49:18,624 You lead. 631 00:49:18,711 --> 00:49:20,110 Watch out! 632 00:49:26,192 --> 00:49:28,911 Do you smell what I smell? Sulfur. 633 00:49:28,992 --> 00:49:30,630 Stinks like the devil. 634 00:49:30,912 --> 00:49:32,584 At least they're showing us the way. 635 00:49:32,672 --> 00:49:36,790 We'll pass those eager beavers before they hit the first ice field. 636 00:49:46,953 --> 00:49:49,023 Look! We're almost at the depot. 637 00:49:49,313 --> 00:49:50,826 If the storm didn't take it. 638 00:50:08,795 --> 00:50:10,069 Could have been worse, huh? 639 00:50:13,315 --> 00:50:14,509 Damn! 640 00:50:15,315 --> 00:50:16,907 What? 641 00:50:18,436 --> 00:50:20,233 The crampons are gone. 642 00:50:24,456 --> 00:50:26,492 - Not much ice anyway. - We cut steps. 643 00:50:28,876 --> 00:50:30,355 Hallelujah. 644 00:50:51,548 --> 00:50:53,061 Morning, gentlemen. 645 00:51:12,829 --> 00:51:14,183 Rock! 646 00:51:27,491 --> 00:51:31,006 ...at the North Face the wheat has finally separated from the chaff. 647 00:51:31,191 --> 00:51:32,180 Paragraph. Got that? 648 00:51:32,471 --> 00:51:33,950 Pass that ashtray! 649 00:51:35,511 --> 00:51:38,742 Early this morning two fully equipped teams started... 650 00:51:38,831 --> 00:51:40,743 up the wall. 651 00:51:40,832 --> 00:51:42,504 The lull is over, 652 00:51:42,592 --> 00:51:44,423 the last problem of the Alps... 653 00:51:44,512 --> 00:51:46,742 is under attack. 654 00:51:48,422 --> 00:51:49,537 Shit. 655 00:51:52,642 --> 00:51:55,362 - Let me see. - It's OK, I'm fine. Hands off! 656 00:52:01,563 --> 00:52:03,155 I thought that was you. 657 00:52:03,243 --> 00:52:04,995 - Quit knocking rocks down on us! - What? 658 00:52:05,283 --> 00:52:07,001 You kicked the rocks loose. 659 00:52:07,183 --> 00:52:10,062 If you're climbing in our fall line, keep your distance! 660 00:52:13,424 --> 00:52:15,938 Three mountaineers... No, four. 661 00:52:19,064 --> 00:52:20,383 From there, this way. 662 00:52:31,865 --> 00:52:36,144 We have a different entry point. The Sedlmayer route is more to the left. 663 00:52:36,626 --> 00:52:39,299 Kurz and Angerer started here, climbed to here... 664 00:52:39,686 --> 00:52:41,563 Here's the window to the cog railway. 665 00:52:41,846 --> 00:52:45,282 They cross over here and enter the first ice field... 666 00:52:45,366 --> 00:52:48,802 and hit the Mehringer-Sedlmayer route, 667 00:52:48,886 --> 00:52:52,436 climb up, over the second ice field... 668 00:52:56,707 --> 00:52:58,459 What do you say to this beautiful weather? 669 00:52:58,547 --> 00:53:00,617 I doubt it will hold. 670 00:53:01,007 --> 00:53:03,363 The French and Italian teams didn't set out. 671 00:53:09,608 --> 00:53:12,645 It's like at a gladiator fight! Positively gruesome. 672 00:53:13,828 --> 00:53:15,944 I find it colossally exciting! 673 00:53:16,989 --> 00:53:18,104 Waiter! 674 00:53:34,670 --> 00:53:36,422 If something happened up there, 675 00:53:36,510 --> 00:53:37,738 would you rescue them? 676 00:53:38,130 --> 00:53:41,088 - We aren't legally required to. - No. 677 00:53:43,130 --> 00:53:45,326 - What is he doing? - Who? 678 00:53:45,411 --> 00:53:47,163 He's hardly using any protection. 679 00:53:47,551 --> 00:53:49,781 - Who? - One of the Austrians. 680 00:53:51,111 --> 00:53:54,069 If he slips, that's an entire rope length. 681 00:53:57,451 --> 00:54:00,250 Ah, there they are! Our hardy Mountain Brigade. 682 00:54:01,252 --> 00:54:02,970 Clearly the better climbers. 683 00:54:03,252 --> 00:54:05,686 Technically superior. They might summit tomorrow... 684 00:54:05,772 --> 00:54:07,922 - May I... - I've got this covered. 685 00:54:08,212 --> 00:54:11,489 You make sure we have enough shots of the spectators... 686 00:54:11,573 --> 00:54:13,564 - Where is your camera? - Right here. 687 00:54:13,853 --> 00:54:16,572 No sleeping, get to work! 688 00:54:17,573 --> 00:54:20,929 Look, show me I didn't make a mistake with you! 689 00:54:22,533 --> 00:54:24,205 Step aside! 690 00:54:24,293 --> 00:54:28,492 Get your own magic eyepiece! 691 00:54:32,174 --> 00:54:34,768 1:15 P.M. ROTE FLUH - 2,823 M 692 00:54:36,554 --> 00:54:37,669 - Well? - No. 693 00:54:38,074 --> 00:54:39,428 End of the line. 694 00:54:40,075 --> 00:54:43,226 It's pointless. You need a piton every metre. 695 00:54:43,415 --> 00:54:45,849 Yeah, if you can even find a place to sink them. 696 00:54:46,235 --> 00:54:48,146 This is a lousy route. 697 00:54:48,235 --> 00:54:49,827 You could take a different one. 698 00:54:50,015 --> 00:54:52,370 No one is forcing you to stick to us like glue. 699 00:54:52,455 --> 00:54:54,094 We'll traverse this slab, 700 00:54:54,696 --> 00:54:58,291 climb up the chimney, and cross over the ice field. 701 00:54:58,876 --> 00:55:00,514 You can't cross here! 702 00:55:01,156 --> 00:55:03,112 You always say "never say never." 703 00:55:03,556 --> 00:55:06,993 Have fun, gentlemen. See you at the top. 704 00:55:07,077 --> 00:55:10,353 Though I doubt you'll make it. 705 00:55:16,077 --> 00:55:18,352 We'll rappel to a lower point and cross there. 706 00:55:18,437 --> 00:55:21,157 I saw a good spot. 707 00:55:22,298 --> 00:55:23,970 Look! 708 00:55:59,240 --> 00:56:01,971 That was historic, wasn't it? Historic. 709 00:56:05,141 --> 00:56:06,972 Where is she with her camera? 710 00:56:20,102 --> 00:56:22,058 Hinterstoisser Traverse. 711 00:56:22,442 --> 00:56:24,637 You'll be famous for that. 712 00:56:27,522 --> 00:56:28,672 Mind if we cross? 713 00:56:36,563 --> 00:56:39,282 What's this? The Austrians are coming along too. 714 00:56:39,563 --> 00:56:42,795 I thought they were the competition. 715 00:57:01,885 --> 00:57:04,353 - Wait. - What? 716 00:57:04,845 --> 00:57:06,722 Maybe we should leave the rope here. 717 00:57:08,045 --> 00:57:09,478 The whole rope? 718 00:57:09,766 --> 00:57:12,439 - We're going to need it. - Maybe. 719 00:57:12,526 --> 00:57:14,960 - Are we a team now? - Not on your life. 720 00:57:15,446 --> 00:57:16,925 Then why did you let us over? 721 00:57:17,366 --> 00:57:19,163 So things wouldn't get boring. 722 00:57:20,486 --> 00:57:23,399 In case we have to come back. 723 00:57:23,827 --> 00:57:26,341 Now you're being overly cautious. 724 00:57:26,527 --> 00:57:28,245 Up there, that's the way to Berlin. 725 00:57:45,818 --> 00:57:49,333 3:30 P.M. FIRST ICE FIELD - 2,980 M 726 00:58:37,452 --> 00:58:40,291 - It stinks without crampons. - Who needs them? 727 00:58:40,432 --> 00:58:44,020 - They Austrians don't have any either. - Yeah, that does help. 728 00:58:50,513 --> 00:58:51,866 What's with those sissies? 729 00:58:51,953 --> 00:58:53,466 Have they given up already? 730 00:58:57,033 --> 00:58:59,149 8:30 P.M. 731 00:59:03,734 --> 00:59:05,167 Toni it'll be dark soon. 732 00:59:05,254 --> 00:59:07,085 Let's find a nice b&b? 733 00:59:15,755 --> 00:59:19,509 FIRST BIVOUAC - 3,100 M 734 00:59:34,376 --> 00:59:36,810 We're more than halfway. 735 00:59:36,896 --> 00:59:38,966 We might make it by tomorrow. 736 00:59:39,456 --> 00:59:41,812 Yeah. And ahead of them! 737 01:00:06,378 --> 01:00:10,008 Ladies and gentlemen, the house presents this cake... 738 01:00:10,199 --> 01:00:13,635 to celebrate the first ascent of the Eiger North Face. 739 01:00:13,919 --> 01:00:15,511 It won't be long now. 740 01:00:15,799 --> 01:00:17,790 Tomorrow the Eiger will be conquered... 741 01:00:18,079 --> 01:00:21,516 today you can consume a piece of it. 742 01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:23,192 Bon appétit! 743 01:00:29,420 --> 01:00:32,651 Give me one of those darling climbers, please. 744 01:00:38,941 --> 01:00:41,535 You're lucky, Madam. Bon appétit! 745 01:00:42,381 --> 01:00:44,736 If it were at least an Austrian. 746 01:00:56,002 --> 01:00:56,991 Tomorrow evening... 747 01:00:57,082 --> 01:00:59,471 we'll be down there surrounded by women... 748 01:00:59,662 --> 01:01:01,493 basking in a hot bathtub... 749 01:01:01,582 --> 01:01:03,096 like heroes. 750 01:01:03,183 --> 01:01:04,696 You'll see. 751 01:01:06,283 --> 01:01:08,672 You don't look good at all. 752 01:01:12,023 --> 01:01:14,776 It's not a beauty contest. 753 01:01:17,844 --> 01:01:19,960 I just need a little sleep. 754 01:01:20,044 --> 01:01:21,602 A little sleep. 755 01:01:23,384 --> 01:01:25,500 Well? Did you take care of the film? 756 01:01:25,684 --> 01:01:28,273 Yes, it's all on its way to Berlin. 757 01:01:28,444 --> 01:01:31,278 See, that's how I like it. 758 01:01:31,925 --> 01:01:33,199 Want a taste? 759 01:01:33,285 --> 01:01:36,561 Carved it out of the Eiger with the sweat of my own brow. 760 01:01:36,645 --> 01:01:38,442 It's delicious. 761 01:01:46,586 --> 01:01:50,818 Being there when history is being written gives you the shivers too. 762 01:01:51,306 --> 01:01:52,295 Or am I wrong? 763 01:01:54,306 --> 01:01:55,455 It's possible. 764 01:01:55,546 --> 01:01:57,777 Maybe you know me better than I do. 765 01:01:58,187 --> 01:01:59,176 Likely. 766 01:01:59,267 --> 01:02:01,178 And thanks to what? 767 01:02:04,527 --> 01:02:07,246 Well trained tool. 768 01:02:07,967 --> 01:02:09,844 Wake me if there's an avalanche. 769 01:02:11,688 --> 01:02:13,565 And turn down the wind. 770 01:02:26,689 --> 01:02:29,726 SUNDAY, JULY 19 - 6:05 A.M. 771 01:02:54,971 --> 01:02:57,246 - Morning. - Morning. 772 01:03:19,052 --> 01:03:20,611 Come here. 773 01:03:23,953 --> 01:03:24,988 No. 774 01:03:25,073 --> 01:03:26,506 That's it, Willy. 775 01:03:26,593 --> 01:03:28,026 We're going back down. 776 01:03:28,113 --> 01:03:29,944 I'm fine. 777 01:03:30,033 --> 01:03:31,182 You just need to wake up. 778 01:03:31,273 --> 01:03:33,070 Willy, you need a doctor. 779 01:03:33,514 --> 01:03:35,630 I'm fine. 780 01:03:35,914 --> 01:03:40,624 You'll never summit like that, Willy, never. 781 01:03:41,214 --> 01:03:43,364 Shut up, Edi! Don't ever say that again... 782 01:03:43,454 --> 01:03:45,620 Are you crazy? What's with you? 783 01:03:45,774 --> 01:03:47,606 Have you lost your mind? 784 01:03:47,695 --> 01:03:48,844 I need to get up there. 785 01:03:48,935 --> 01:03:51,574 It's no use. Look, the doctor is down there. 786 01:03:51,655 --> 01:03:53,407 There's nothing down there. Nothing. 787 01:03:53,695 --> 01:03:55,925 Just up there. 788 01:03:58,895 --> 01:04:03,333 Wake up, then you'll see it too. 789 01:04:17,817 --> 01:04:21,571 11:15 A.M. SECOND ICE FIELD - 3,150 M 790 01:05:26,782 --> 01:05:30,252 That one is Angerer, right? Have a look. 791 01:05:33,422 --> 01:05:34,650 Left of that funny spike. 792 01:05:35,982 --> 01:05:37,716 Yes. He's acting strange. 793 01:05:39,503 --> 01:05:41,573 The guides say we can forget today. 794 01:05:41,663 --> 01:05:44,336 And at this pace, they won't make it tomorrow either. 795 01:05:44,623 --> 01:05:47,012 That means bivouacking twice more? 796 01:05:47,103 --> 01:05:48,502 Yes. 797 01:05:48,883 --> 01:05:50,442 The weather isn't changing. So, 798 01:05:51,084 --> 01:05:52,358 no summit push today. 799 01:05:52,844 --> 01:05:54,482 C'mon, let's have a drink. 800 01:06:20,366 --> 01:06:21,594 What's wrong? 801 01:06:25,266 --> 01:06:27,939 It must be Karl and Max' things. 802 01:07:06,449 --> 01:07:08,007 Your compatriot from Munich? 803 01:07:09,089 --> 01:07:10,442 Yes. 804 01:07:10,929 --> 01:07:12,328 My condolences. 805 01:07:25,970 --> 01:07:29,043 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 806 01:07:29,131 --> 01:07:30,120 Amen. 807 01:07:34,571 --> 01:07:35,560 Take care! 808 01:07:55,113 --> 01:07:57,388 How's Angerer doing anyway? 809 01:07:58,313 --> 01:08:01,544 He's not faking it, that's for sure. 810 01:08:09,494 --> 01:08:11,086 Can you see anything? 811 01:08:11,174 --> 01:08:12,163 More or less. 812 01:08:13,574 --> 01:08:16,042 It looks like they're one team now. 813 01:08:18,294 --> 01:08:19,443 But one is in bad shape. 814 01:08:51,297 --> 01:08:53,015 C'mon, wake up! 815 01:08:54,377 --> 01:08:58,336 3:40 P.M. FLAT IRON - 3,350 M 816 01:10:36,304 --> 01:10:38,296 Quick, tie a tourniquet! 817 01:10:56,706 --> 01:10:59,266 You should have taken your own route. 818 01:10:59,946 --> 01:11:01,664 You really should have. 819 01:11:11,767 --> 01:11:14,281 Shit, shit! 820 01:11:15,847 --> 01:11:17,599 We have to turn around. 821 01:11:20,408 --> 01:11:22,080 Turn around, why? 822 01:11:22,168 --> 01:11:26,127 Because he won't make it to the top. 823 01:11:26,208 --> 01:11:28,597 If we don't hurry, he'll bleed to death. 824 01:11:28,888 --> 01:11:31,448 Listen, I can manage. 825 01:11:31,528 --> 01:11:33,838 You keep going. 826 01:11:34,029 --> 01:11:36,668 I'll rope him down alone. I'll manage. 827 01:11:36,949 --> 01:11:38,541 - Alone? - I can do it. 828 01:11:38,669 --> 01:11:41,467 - Don't be ridiculous, you'll never manage. - I can do it. 829 01:11:41,749 --> 01:11:44,138 - It's a good idea. - I'll manage. 830 01:11:44,229 --> 01:11:45,662 It's a very good idea. 831 01:11:45,749 --> 01:11:47,149 And we go on. 832 01:11:47,430 --> 01:11:49,500 To the summit. 833 01:11:49,590 --> 01:11:52,707 If we leave the two of them alone, 834 01:11:52,990 --> 01:11:53,979 they'll both die. 835 01:11:55,630 --> 01:11:57,746 Alright then, 836 01:11:57,830 --> 01:12:00,264 we'll do it together. 837 01:12:00,350 --> 01:12:02,228 We'll go up together. 838 01:12:02,511 --> 01:12:05,264 We'll pull him up with us. We can do it. 839 01:12:05,551 --> 01:12:06,984 Don't be silly. 840 01:12:07,271 --> 01:12:09,785 This is screwed, and we both know it. 841 01:12:11,631 --> 01:12:14,099 Why did I listen to you? 842 01:12:15,452 --> 01:12:18,046 We should just leave you behind. 843 01:12:18,832 --> 01:12:20,663 It would serve you right, Willy. 844 01:12:20,752 --> 01:12:22,470 Our only chance is over the summit. 845 01:12:22,552 --> 01:12:24,622 Forget the summit! 846 01:12:25,012 --> 01:12:26,650 It beats going down here. 847 01:12:27,412 --> 01:12:30,132 We'll cross over the west ridge and get help. 848 01:12:30,213 --> 01:12:33,569 We don't know what awaits us up there, and by the time we get down, 849 01:12:37,093 --> 01:12:38,128 he'll be dead. 850 01:12:39,513 --> 01:12:40,707 I promise you that. 851 01:12:42,794 --> 01:12:44,147 We have to get to the top. 852 01:12:44,794 --> 01:12:47,308 We have to keep going. 853 01:12:48,034 --> 01:12:50,423 Why did I listen to you? 854 01:13:44,168 --> 01:13:47,558 SECOND BIVOUAC - 3,250 M 855 01:13:57,689 --> 01:13:59,441 Then pull him out of the meeting! 856 01:13:59,529 --> 01:14:01,406 Tell him the tables are turning. 857 01:14:01,529 --> 01:14:03,201 Yes, of course, I'll wait. 858 01:14:03,689 --> 01:14:05,203 Is something wrong? 859 01:14:05,290 --> 01:14:07,042 It's over, mission aborted. 860 01:14:07,130 --> 01:14:08,165 What? 861 01:14:08,450 --> 01:14:10,361 Retreat. The Salzburger bailed out. 862 01:14:10,850 --> 01:14:13,205 Yes, I'm still here. 863 01:14:13,290 --> 01:14:14,689 Hello, boss. 864 01:14:14,770 --> 01:14:16,601 Listen, I can't keep it together. 865 01:14:16,790 --> 01:14:20,181 Those two don't care about the politics anyway. 866 01:14:20,371 --> 01:14:24,080 It would have been hard to fashion them into German heroes. 867 01:14:24,251 --> 01:14:26,287 Yes, thanks. See you back in Berlin. 868 01:14:27,031 --> 01:14:29,909 - Are we leaving too? - Yes, it looks like it. 869 01:14:29,991 --> 01:14:33,621 Shouldn't we stay and report on what happens up there? 870 01:14:33,792 --> 01:14:36,306 I don't want to patronize you, child, 871 01:14:36,692 --> 01:14:39,286 but you either need a glorious triumph... 872 01:14:39,812 --> 01:14:41,211 or a horrible tragedy. 873 01:14:41,532 --> 01:14:46,243 An unspectacular retreat... is nothing more than a few lines on page 3. 874 01:14:46,533 --> 01:14:49,331 There's no need to stay for that. 875 01:14:50,443 --> 01:14:54,482 MONDAY, JULY 20 876 01:15:44,627 --> 01:15:47,141 Whoever said it's faster going down! 877 01:15:50,367 --> 01:15:51,686 We're in for a snowstorm. 878 01:15:53,408 --> 01:15:54,727 Shit. 879 01:16:26,590 --> 01:16:28,103 Over this way. 880 01:16:28,190 --> 01:16:29,543 This way! 881 01:17:37,055 --> 01:17:41,173 In this storm they won't have made much progress. 882 01:17:41,455 --> 01:17:43,013 Do you think so? 883 01:17:43,296 --> 01:17:44,285 I'm certain. 884 01:17:46,536 --> 01:17:48,572 Let's just hope... 885 01:17:48,856 --> 01:17:51,711 they've found a decent place to bivouac. 886 01:17:54,196 --> 01:17:55,185 Otherwise... 887 01:17:59,997 --> 01:18:01,908 Maybe I should postpone my departure. 888 01:18:04,617 --> 01:18:06,926 It might be worth it to stay. 889 01:18:10,057 --> 01:18:12,094 I'm a reporter, what do you expect? 890 01:18:13,898 --> 01:18:15,854 Are you not also human? 891 01:18:16,238 --> 01:18:17,637 From time to time. 892 01:18:19,798 --> 01:18:22,073 Maybe my nose is wrong this time. 893 01:18:33,849 --> 01:18:37,159 THIRD BIVOUAC - 3,170 M 894 01:19:05,031 --> 01:19:07,830 Don't fall asleep or you'll freeze! 895 01:19:54,895 --> 01:19:57,455 TUESDAY, JULY 21 - 5:20 A.M. 896 01:20:34,638 --> 01:20:36,037 Where are you? 897 01:20:43,999 --> 01:20:45,876 For heaven's sake, child! 898 01:20:45,959 --> 01:20:49,156 What are you doing up this early? 899 01:20:49,439 --> 01:20:51,589 You'll catch your death of cold. 900 01:20:51,879 --> 01:20:53,710 There are people on the wall. 901 01:20:54,039 --> 01:20:56,759 They're somewhere near the Rote Fluh, 902 01:20:56,840 --> 01:20:59,354 that's 200 m away from here, 903 01:20:59,940 --> 01:21:02,659 we're almost on the east ridge here. 904 01:21:02,940 --> 01:21:05,454 They'll never hear you in this wind. 905 01:21:05,540 --> 01:21:09,773 We'd have to go over to gallery window 38. 906 01:21:17,341 --> 01:21:18,854 Here it is. 907 01:21:30,182 --> 01:21:31,615 Watch your head! 908 01:21:50,484 --> 01:21:54,033 8:50 A.M. GALLERY WINDOW - 2,711 M 909 01:21:55,084 --> 01:21:56,358 Careful! 910 01:21:56,444 --> 01:21:58,514 It's icy. 911 01:22:03,184 --> 01:22:04,584 Child! 912 01:22:13,325 --> 01:22:15,043 Where are you? 913 01:22:24,406 --> 01:22:27,045 Why can't they hear us? 914 01:22:27,126 --> 01:22:29,640 Who knows how far away they are? 915 01:22:30,086 --> 01:22:32,317 Let's come back later, 916 01:22:32,687 --> 01:22:34,598 maybe the storm will have died down. 917 01:22:34,887 --> 01:22:37,765 We'll come back later. 918 01:22:42,167 --> 01:22:43,964 Wait! 919 01:22:44,047 --> 01:22:46,243 I think I heard something. 920 01:22:54,388 --> 01:22:55,867 It's Toni. 921 01:23:03,969 --> 01:23:06,039 That's Andi. 922 01:23:06,549 --> 01:23:07,743 We hear you. 923 01:23:13,750 --> 01:23:15,103 We're coming down. 924 01:23:15,750 --> 01:23:17,502 We're coming. 925 01:23:20,050 --> 01:23:21,039 C'mon, child. 926 01:23:21,130 --> 01:23:23,405 - Where? - To make some tea. 927 01:23:27,711 --> 01:23:29,303 How much farther is it? 928 01:23:29,431 --> 01:23:31,865 - Can't be far. - Yes. 929 01:23:33,191 --> 01:23:34,909 Another four metres. 930 01:23:34,991 --> 01:23:38,301 C'mon, a little further. 931 01:23:44,812 --> 01:23:46,530 There, my Willy, 932 01:23:46,712 --> 01:23:49,431 we have a nice warm spot reserved for you. 933 01:23:52,452 --> 01:23:55,411 But you have to climb into the bathtub alone. 934 01:24:12,234 --> 01:24:13,667 Shit! 935 01:24:13,754 --> 01:24:14,948 My arm. 936 01:24:15,134 --> 01:24:18,365 It's completely stiff. 937 01:24:18,654 --> 01:24:21,374 Keep moving your fingers! At least a little. 938 01:24:21,755 --> 01:24:23,586 I can't feel anything. 939 01:24:23,675 --> 01:24:26,109 Nothing. 940 01:24:26,195 --> 01:24:27,947 It will thaw. 941 01:24:28,035 --> 01:24:30,390 Once you're sitting in front of the stove. 942 01:24:32,875 --> 01:24:34,275 Yes, you're right. 943 01:24:34,356 --> 01:24:36,187 - Just a little further. - Yes. 944 01:24:36,716 --> 01:24:38,229 Willy, we're going to make it, OK? 945 01:24:38,316 --> 01:24:39,465 We're almost there. 946 01:25:02,058 --> 01:25:05,767 10:15 A.M. ROTE FLUH - 2,823 M 947 01:25:06,178 --> 01:25:07,406 Have you got him? 948 01:25:19,999 --> 01:25:21,068 What's wrong? 949 01:25:23,119 --> 01:25:24,871 The traverse... 950 01:25:29,320 --> 01:25:30,673 Shit! 951 01:25:30,960 --> 01:25:32,109 The rope. 952 01:25:34,340 --> 01:25:35,978 He pulled out the rope. 953 01:25:36,260 --> 01:25:39,457 He pulled out the rope. 954 01:25:42,941 --> 01:25:45,409 Shut up, Willy! 955 01:25:45,501 --> 01:25:47,935 - It's your fault we're in trouble. - Leave him alone, 956 01:25:48,421 --> 01:25:49,979 he doesn't know what he's saying. 957 01:25:57,622 --> 01:25:59,101 I made it here. 958 01:25:59,182 --> 01:26:01,696 I'll make it back. 959 01:26:55,906 --> 01:26:58,215 C'mon, Andi. 960 01:27:19,728 --> 01:27:21,525 It's taking so long. 961 01:27:22,688 --> 01:27:25,919 Maybe they climbed past and didn't see the ledge. 962 01:27:30,928 --> 01:27:32,885 Again! 963 01:28:30,633 --> 01:28:31,861 I'm going out again. 964 01:28:57,075 --> 01:28:58,303 We have to... 965 01:28:58,395 --> 01:29:00,431 go straight down and then... 966 01:29:00,815 --> 01:29:03,454 cross from below. 967 01:29:03,535 --> 01:29:05,651 It's our only chance. 968 01:29:05,735 --> 01:29:09,012 Who knows how far that is? 969 01:29:09,096 --> 01:29:11,530 We don't have enough rope. 970 01:29:11,816 --> 01:29:15,126 If we don't find a ledge, we're goners. 971 01:29:15,416 --> 01:29:17,611 If an avalanche comes, we're goners here too. 972 01:29:19,696 --> 01:29:21,812 What do you mean you think so? 973 01:29:22,097 --> 01:29:23,212 Did he see her or not? 974 01:29:23,297 --> 01:29:25,370 Damn it, she's not in her room, so... 975 01:29:25,657 --> 01:29:26,726 Mr. Arau, please. 976 01:29:29,617 --> 01:29:32,211 - I need a guide immediately. - Yes, we'll see to it. 977 01:29:34,277 --> 01:29:36,951 Put me through to Heinrich, please. 978 01:29:43,298 --> 01:29:45,732 And don't forget our package. 979 01:30:18,021 --> 01:30:19,215 Miss Fellner. 980 01:30:19,401 --> 01:30:22,791 - What are you doing here? - My God, what happened? 981 01:30:22,981 --> 01:30:23,970 We don't know yet. 982 01:30:24,161 --> 01:30:25,276 Wait, Miss Fellner. 983 01:30:26,281 --> 01:30:27,270 Luise... 984 01:30:27,361 --> 01:30:28,919 I knew I was right about you. 985 01:30:29,321 --> 01:30:30,755 You're just like me. 986 01:30:30,942 --> 01:30:33,695 You smell the stories before anyone else. 987 01:30:34,722 --> 01:30:35,996 Here, here, here. 988 01:30:36,282 --> 01:30:38,273 They'll be the photos of your life. 989 01:30:38,362 --> 01:30:41,081 I'm not here to take pictures. 990 01:31:32,666 --> 01:31:33,894 Belay off! 991 01:31:52,848 --> 01:31:55,681 Pass me a few pitons, I've run out! 992 01:32:03,688 --> 01:32:04,677 Avalanche. 993 01:32:10,769 --> 01:32:12,680 Release the rope! 994 01:32:13,689 --> 01:32:16,442 Get out of the gully! 995 01:32:45,211 --> 01:32:48,249 1:30 P.M. 996 01:33:42,175 --> 01:33:44,690 - Help! - Climb up to me! 997 01:33:50,336 --> 01:33:52,531 C'mon, you can do it! 998 01:34:06,967 --> 01:34:08,639 You have to climb up. 999 01:34:09,027 --> 01:34:10,700 Further, you can do it. 1000 01:34:27,929 --> 01:34:29,647 Andi, hurry! 1001 01:34:42,870 --> 01:34:44,667 Quick, the piton is coming out. 1002 01:34:45,050 --> 01:34:46,529 The piton's coming out. 1003 01:34:51,151 --> 01:34:52,140 Quick! 1004 01:34:58,471 --> 01:34:59,950 See that you get home! 1005 01:35:00,031 --> 01:35:01,020 No! 1006 01:35:34,814 --> 01:35:41,686 I can't. You have to come to me. 1007 01:35:42,274 --> 01:35:44,549 Eine Lawine! 1008 01:35:54,835 --> 01:35:56,268 3:00 P.M. 1009 01:35:56,555 --> 01:35:58,417 From gallery window 38, 1010 01:35:58,515 --> 01:36:02,953 if the storm doesn't blow him off the wall, you can reach him. 1011 01:36:04,756 --> 01:36:06,712 Hans. 1012 01:36:06,796 --> 01:36:08,548 It'll never work. 1013 01:36:15,217 --> 01:36:18,015 If you take on the wall in this weather... 1014 01:36:18,097 --> 01:36:19,086 It's your own fault. 1015 01:36:19,697 --> 01:36:21,494 We all have wives and children. 1016 01:36:28,818 --> 01:36:30,888 Is the man up there with you? 1017 01:36:35,518 --> 01:36:36,951 Yes. 1018 01:36:39,158 --> 01:36:40,592 He's with me. 1019 01:37:53,874 --> 01:37:56,104 Need crampons? 1020 01:38:01,834 --> 01:38:03,268 Son of a bitch! 1021 01:38:15,495 --> 01:38:16,485 There he is. 1022 01:38:17,096 --> 01:38:19,849 Maybe one or two rope lengths. 1023 01:38:22,516 --> 01:38:24,871 Can you hear us? 1024 01:38:27,116 --> 01:38:29,391 I'm up here. 1025 01:38:29,576 --> 01:38:31,135 Here. 1026 01:38:36,457 --> 01:38:38,687 You have to come from above, 1027 01:38:38,777 --> 01:38:40,256 through the crack. 1028 01:38:40,537 --> 01:38:42,607 What did he say? 1029 01:38:42,897 --> 01:38:44,934 I didn't quite catch it. 1030 01:38:45,058 --> 01:38:47,856 To come from above, through the crack. 1031 01:38:47,938 --> 01:38:49,530 What, with this ice? 1032 01:38:49,618 --> 01:38:53,293 - You'll never get up there. - Yeah, I know. 1033 01:38:54,058 --> 01:38:56,367 But it might work in the crack. 1034 01:38:56,738 --> 01:38:58,889 Hang in there! 1035 01:39:10,419 --> 01:39:13,730 It's taking too long. 1036 01:39:18,620 --> 01:39:21,453 7:30 P.M. 1037 01:39:21,820 --> 01:39:24,129 It'll be night soon. 1038 01:39:25,221 --> 01:39:26,654 Yes, I noticed. 1039 01:39:39,242 --> 01:39:41,278 It's no use. 1040 01:39:42,282 --> 01:39:45,752 We have to go back immediately. 1041 01:39:45,842 --> 01:39:46,877 No. 1042 01:39:46,962 --> 01:39:49,157 No, don't go! 1043 01:39:49,442 --> 01:39:51,558 You have to come here. 1044 01:39:51,642 --> 01:39:53,520 Come up to me! 1045 01:39:53,603 --> 01:39:56,322 Please don't go now! 1046 01:39:56,703 --> 01:40:01,299 I won't last much longer. 1047 01:40:01,583 --> 01:40:03,460 Please, come up here! 1048 01:40:03,643 --> 01:40:05,281 You can't leave. 1049 01:40:05,463 --> 01:40:08,342 I don't want to die. 1050 01:40:08,424 --> 01:40:11,143 I don't want to die. 1051 01:40:29,745 --> 01:40:30,734 We're sorry. 1052 01:40:33,786 --> 01:40:35,902 He'll freeze out there. 1053 01:40:37,086 --> 01:40:38,075 Won't he? 1054 01:40:39,426 --> 01:40:41,860 No one can get to him in this weather. 1055 01:40:42,046 --> 01:40:43,035 No one. 1056 01:40:51,147 --> 01:40:52,739 Nothing we can do. 1057 01:41:42,491 --> 01:41:45,210 9:00 P.M. 1058 01:43:30,168 --> 01:43:32,125 You won't die! 1059 01:43:33,529 --> 01:43:35,565 We'll come get you... 1060 01:43:37,229 --> 01:43:39,185 as soon as it's light out. 1061 01:43:42,029 --> 01:43:43,985 I'm here, 1062 01:43:44,069 --> 01:43:47,540 I won't leave you, Toni. 1063 01:43:53,950 --> 01:43:57,625 WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 - 8:00 AM. 1064 01:44:16,852 --> 01:44:18,490 Do you have the 60 m rope? 1065 01:44:18,572 --> 01:44:21,405 Good, he can pull it up with a cord. 1066 01:44:23,512 --> 01:44:27,506 - Do you really think he... - It would take hours to get up to him, 1067 01:44:27,793 --> 01:44:29,146 so he has to rappel to us. 1068 01:44:29,433 --> 01:44:31,867 - I meant... - I know what you meant. 1069 01:44:31,953 --> 01:44:33,750 But even if he's dead, we have to get him. 1070 01:45:13,916 --> 01:45:15,747 We're here! 1071 01:45:16,536 --> 01:45:18,652 You could use a guardian angel like that, hm? 1072 01:45:18,736 --> 01:45:20,169 Look where she's sitting. 1073 01:45:20,256 --> 01:45:22,134 She has to get down or she'll fall! 1074 01:45:22,617 --> 01:45:25,211 If she was there all night, she won't fall now. 1075 01:45:25,297 --> 01:45:26,696 C'mon! 1076 01:45:32,177 --> 01:45:34,771 You have to pull up a rope, 1077 01:45:34,857 --> 01:45:38,168 then you can rappel to us. 1078 01:45:38,458 --> 01:45:40,528 Do you have anything for pulling up a rope? 1079 01:45:41,838 --> 01:45:44,033 A static cord or something? 1080 01:45:44,158 --> 01:45:48,674 I don't have any cord. 1081 01:45:50,179 --> 01:45:51,817 No cord. 1082 01:45:54,099 --> 01:45:55,817 I have no cord. 1083 01:45:56,659 --> 01:46:00,129 Can you unravel a piece of rope... 1084 01:46:00,319 --> 01:46:02,754 and tie the strands together? 1085 01:46:04,880 --> 01:46:07,155 I'll try. 1086 01:47:42,467 --> 01:47:44,059 Why is it taking so long? 1087 01:47:44,147 --> 01:47:46,707 Your beau must be half frozen by now. 1088 01:47:46,787 --> 01:47:49,176 But he'll pull through. 1089 01:47:51,967 --> 01:47:54,004 How far are you? 1090 01:47:54,088 --> 01:47:57,046 I still need a little while. 1091 01:48:15,629 --> 01:48:18,018 1:10 P.M. 1092 01:48:19,029 --> 01:48:22,705 Departure to the Eigerwand stations in 15 minutes. 1093 01:48:58,472 --> 01:49:00,588 Christian, get it! 1094 01:49:16,414 --> 01:49:18,052 I've got it. 1095 01:49:25,694 --> 01:49:26,922 You can pull it up now. 1096 01:49:32,795 --> 01:49:35,263 You'll have your beau back again soon. 1097 01:49:47,976 --> 01:49:49,648 That's not sixty metres. 1098 01:49:52,816 --> 01:49:56,526 The other rope, quick! 1099 01:49:56,617 --> 01:49:59,814 The long ropes are inside on the right. Run! 1100 01:50:02,557 --> 01:50:04,673 Please. 1101 01:50:04,957 --> 01:50:06,709 And the climbing ropes too! 1102 01:50:40,440 --> 01:50:43,273 Damn! 1103 01:50:45,320 --> 01:50:47,515 He'll have to jump the last few metres. 1104 01:50:47,600 --> 01:50:49,158 What? 1105 01:51:03,001 --> 01:51:06,233 I'm coming. 1106 01:52:31,928 --> 01:52:34,567 Toni, take the weight off it! 1107 01:52:36,568 --> 01:52:38,524 Don't give up, Toni. 1108 01:52:38,608 --> 01:52:40,008 Try, Toni. 1109 01:52:43,009 --> 01:52:44,442 Do it. 1110 01:52:44,529 --> 01:52:46,440 You can do it. 1111 01:53:05,750 --> 01:53:08,265 You have to take the weight off, 1112 01:53:08,351 --> 01:53:11,468 then it might slip through. 1113 01:53:11,751 --> 01:53:13,423 Try it, Toni! 1114 01:53:17,851 --> 01:53:20,081 He'll die. 1115 01:53:22,392 --> 01:53:23,381 Please. 1116 01:53:24,512 --> 01:53:25,991 He'll die. 1117 01:53:29,092 --> 01:53:31,560 Come back, you'll kill yourself. 1118 01:53:31,652 --> 01:53:34,371 No, secure her! 1119 01:54:02,775 --> 01:54:04,094 Try again! 1120 01:54:07,595 --> 01:54:10,348 Take the weight off! 1121 01:54:13,315 --> 01:54:14,794 C'mon. 1122 01:54:20,016 --> 01:54:22,450 Try again! 1123 01:54:32,637 --> 01:54:34,912 It's me, Luise. 1124 01:54:39,157 --> 01:54:40,590 Please. 1125 01:55:03,959 --> 01:55:06,075 Please, Toni. 1126 01:55:06,159 --> 01:55:07,148 Hang in there! 1127 01:55:13,700 --> 01:55:15,338 Grab the rope. 1128 01:55:15,420 --> 01:55:17,695 Grab it! 1129 01:55:21,360 --> 01:55:24,433 Toni, please. 1130 01:55:30,621 --> 01:55:31,974 C'mon. 1131 01:55:44,102 --> 01:55:47,219 I'm so cold. 1132 01:56:37,466 --> 01:56:39,377 Have you recovered Toni Kurz' body yet? 1133 01:56:39,466 --> 01:56:41,502 No, he's still up there. 1134 01:56:41,586 --> 01:56:42,985 Did they find the others? 1135 01:56:46,426 --> 01:56:47,780 No. 1136 01:57:08,708 --> 01:57:10,858 I'm sorry. 1137 01:57:12,868 --> 01:57:15,622 Believe me, I'm terribly sorry. 1138 01:57:16,069 --> 01:57:19,903 Listen, what I said... 1139 01:57:20,189 --> 01:57:21,861 last night... 1140 01:57:24,529 --> 01:57:27,248 I don't want you to think I... 1141 01:57:32,790 --> 01:57:36,021 It's a terrible tragedy. 1142 01:57:36,610 --> 01:57:43,323 But Germany will never forget these men. 1143 01:57:43,411 --> 01:57:45,845 Believe me. 1144 01:57:52,051 --> 01:57:53,200 I'll take you home. 1145 01:57:54,571 --> 01:57:56,130 I'll take you back to Berlin. 1146 01:58:01,372 --> 01:58:02,851 I'm not going back to Berlin. 1147 01:58:09,933 --> 01:58:11,685 I'm not going back. 1148 01:58:18,353 --> 01:58:21,026 There are too many people like you there. 1149 01:58:45,135 --> 01:58:46,454 All I know is... 1150 01:58:47,675 --> 01:58:50,873 that death spared me... 1151 01:58:52,256 --> 01:58:55,214 and that Toni went away forever that day. 1152 01:58:59,456 --> 01:59:04,167 One has lived if one has loved. 1153 01:59:08,317 --> 01:59:12,674 There are times when I find this infinitely hard to believe. 1154 01:59:18,458 --> 01:59:23,407 Most days I feel that I am alive. 1155 01:59:23,498 --> 01:59:27,332 And that love is... 1156 01:59:27,418 --> 01:59:29,374 the reason for that. 1157 01:59:56,460 --> 02:00:00,019 The first ascent of the Eiger North Face took place in 1938. 1158 02:00:00,161 --> 02:00:03,892 The German-Austrian climbing party followed Toni Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser's route. 1159 02:00:04,041 --> 02:00:07,601 The Nazis declared it an athletic symbol of the recent annexation... 1160 02:00:07,751 --> 02:00:09,228 of Austria into the German Reich. 1161 02:00:09,371 --> 02:00:12,410 The "last great problem of the Alps" had been conquered.