Im Schatten des Karakorum (1955)
In the Shadow of Karakorum
In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Karakoram Mountains, geographically north of the Himalayas. They come across the Hunza, a people who live in the valley of the same name and believe they are descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. The documentary conveys impressions of the poor life of the Hunza people, the harvest, a court hearing, festivals and the children's everyday school life. Finally, the expedition sets off again and sets up its main camp on the moraine ridge of a glacier, where they measure the glacier and the earth's magnetic field. Finally, some men from the research community set off for a sub-peak of Batura.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
as Self - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)
as Self - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)
Otto Mellies
as Self - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)
as Self - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)
Mathias Rebitsch
as Self - Expedition Leader
as Self - Expedition Leader
Wolfgang Pillewizer
as Self - Scientific Director
as Self - Scientific Director
Paul Bernett
as Self - Expedition Doctor
as Self - Expedition Doctor
Anderl Heckmair
as Self - Expedition Member
as Self - Expedition Member
Karl Heckler
as Self - Expedition Member (†)
as Self - Expedition Member (†)
Gerhard Klamert
as Self - Expedition Member
as Self - Expedition Member
Dolf Meyer
as Self - Expedition Member
as Self - Expedition Member
Karl Heinz Pfaffen
as Self - Expedition Member
as Self - Expedition Member
Hans-Jochen Schneider
as Self - Expedition Member
as Self - Expedition Member
Karl Wienert
as Self - Expedition Member
as Self - Expedition Member
Hans Zeitter
as Self - Expedition Member
as Self - Expedition Member
Eugen Schuhmacher
as Self - Cameraman
as Self - Cameraman
Martin Schliessler
as Self - Cameraman
as Self - Cameraman
Crew arrow_drop_down
Eugen Schuhmacher
Writer
Writer
Mathias Rebitsch
Writer
Writer
Eugen Schuhmacher
Director
Director
Erich Bender
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Eugen Schuhmacher
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Martin Schliessler
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
