SummaryBased on a true story, North Face is a suspenseful adventure film about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. Set in 1936, as Nazi propaganda urges the nation’s Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif — the Eiger — two reluctant German climbers begin their daring ascent. (Music Box Films)
Directed By:Philipp Stölzl
Written By:Chris Silber, Philipp Stölzl, Rupert Henning, Johannes Naber, Benedikt Roeskau
North Face
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67
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82% Positive
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90
This is a film done right by just about every measure. The extremes of the story seep deep into your bones -- the beauty, the allure, the desperation and especially the cold in this world where life literally hangs on rope and what Mother Nature chooses to throw at you.
75
These fears explain why in its scenes on the Eiger itself, North Face starts strongly and ends as unbearably riveting. They also explain why it was a strategic error to believe this story needed romantic and political subplots.
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87% Positive
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Jan 23, 2013
9
Tremendously engrossing drama and from the first I "thought I was there" inside the movie. Critics may have lots of complaints but this movie was wonderfully real and believable to me. I recommend it completely.
Nov 30, 2010
9
Loved it. Recommended it to my friends. Guys will like it, chicks may not. I've been rock climbing (not those fake walls at the gym) and this movie makes you realize how tough it is, especially back before WWII.
70
North Face also deals with actual events, offering plenty of thrills and spectacular vistas.
70
More than delivers on the excitement and terror of this existential flirtation with one's own mortality. Where it falters is trying to link this event to Nazi-era politics and a feeble love story.
63
Director Philipp Stolzl worked in the same dangerous conditions as the original climbers, and we can feel the chill and peril in our bones. It's a shame, then, that the screenwriter, unlike the camera crew and the characters, was afflicted with such timidity.
63
It’s a literal cliffhanger and the next worst thing to being there.
50
At some two hours, the film is 30 minutes too long. Cutting out the melodrama and sticking with the daring-do is the answer.
Dec 3, 2015
8
Best movie i have seen about mountain climbing. Eigar might not be have as high has K-2,Everest or Nanga Parbat but North Face sure is much more high quality production, in every aspect, then the movies based on those mountains. Most strong part of the movie would be technical detail about climbing and the visuals of the movie.
Production Company:
- Dor Film-West Produktionsgesellschaft
- MedienKontor Movie GmbH
- Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft
- Triluna Film AG
- Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
- ARD Degeto Film
- Schweizer Fernsehen (SF)
- SRG SRR idée suisse
- Majestic Filmproduktion
- Lunaris Film
- Filmförderanstalt
- Österreichisches Filminstitut
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
- Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF)
- Zürcher Filmstiftung
- FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
- ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen
- Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Bundesamt für Kultur (EDI)
- Beta Film
Release Date:Jan 29, 2010
Duration:2 h 6 m
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Awards
German Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
German Film Critics Association Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Hamburg Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
