North Face (film)
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North Face is a 2008 German historical fiction film directed by Philipp Stölzl and starring Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, and Ulrich Tukur. Based on the 1936 Eiger climbing disaster,
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Eiger North Face, Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Andreas Hinterstoisser
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Andreas Hinterstoisser was a German mountain climber active in the 1930s. He was killed in the 1936 Eiger north face climbing disaster during an attempted summit via that route with his partner Toni K
North Face (film)
…the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. In 1936, the North Face of the Eiger is the last major unclimbed Alpine face. German alpinists Toni Kurz and Andreas "Andi" Hinterstoisser, and novice journalist Luise Fellner are childhood friends from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. Luise and Toni harbor romantic feelings towards one another…
Andreas Hinterstoisser, 1936
Hinterstoisser Traverse, 2007
Hinterstoisser's grave at Friedhof Bad Reichenhall, Germany