Toni Kurz
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Toni Kurz was a German mountain climber active in the 1930s. He died in 1936 during an attempt to climb the then-unclimbed north face of the Eiger with his partner Andreas Hinterstoisser.
Toni Kurz, 1936
Kurz's grave in Berchtesgaden, Germany
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,
Toni Kurz
…and was more recently covered by Joe Simpson's book (and Emmy-winning TV documentary) The Beckoning Silence, as well as the 2008 German dramatic movie North Face. The Dutch doom-rock band The Wounded wrote a song about Toni Kurz named "White Spider". It is released on their album The sky is yours from 2024…
Theatrical release poster
Eiger North Face, Bernese Alps, Switzerland