Duel au Sommet

This movie is a wonderful story of a true life event. Well written, well acted. It's not a wildly entertaining, fun movie, rather a very humanistic story of challenge, friendship & love. Enjoy it for what it is, you will be glad you watched it.

Just watched the movie last night. Being German, one thing that bothered me was that neither the Toni Kurz, Andreas Hinterstoisser nor Luise Fellner character spoke with a Bavarian dialect. Wouldn't you expect that from somebody born and raised in Berchtesgaden? I do have to agree with an earlier comment: The Austrian team did not come across as a real competition to the German team. In fact, they were portrayed as being quite a miserable pair, technically and spiritually inferior to the German team. Otherwise I enjoyed the movie. Acting was solid and the story believable.

I couldn't sleep so I watched this movie, I really mean that this is the movie one should really watch to know what does it mean to climbing a mountain rather than reaching the summit. I watched some other mountain movies like "Touching the void" etc. But this is no1 till now. It really inspires you to do something. I like the guys approach towards the mountaineering, at times the summit was only 25% remaining and they decided to return because one of the fellow who was not even with them, was in bad shape. The movie is must watch for people who love climbing. Very nice direction and story telling.

Simply a masterclass, even now a days movies cannot catchup this type of cinematography..a very few directors we have who can present us these ..its a life time memory for me to watch Nordwand... I have seen it only for Lukas(one of my favourite) but not only Lukas the entire team of Nordwand become my favourite. Love from India.

You'll be asking yourself "How did they do that?" Based on a true story about an ill-fated mountain-climbing mission to scale the north face of the Eiger in the Alps back in 1936, this is must viewing if you're a fan of man vs nature films. The climbing scenes are spectacular, brutal, and incredibly suspenseful. I loved this film, and I wished I had seen it on the big screen but I hadn't even heard of it before I saw it yesterday on Netflix. I can only assume it didn't get much of a push because the 2 lead characters are, well, Nazis -- albeit reluctant Nazis that don't care about the party at all, they just care about climbing and each other. They team with a pair of Austrian climbers halfway up the cliff in a harrowing battle for survival. Terrific drama and edge-of-your-seat suspense. Highly recommended.

The first part of the movie was a bit slow to me, although it did provide good background and character development. Once they got to the mountain, however, the film became riveting. The cinematography was stunning, the cgi/green-screen stuff was flawless (they explained how that was done in the dvd "extras") and the story interesting and unpredictable. I had to watch the mountain scenes 3 times, they were so good.

Great climbing shots - but also shot-for-shot ripoffs of Clint Eastwood's "Eiger Sanctions". Loved the history, but lost interest when it turned into a rehash of the earlier film. I can't think of anything more challenging than conquering this mountain. And the fact that there were no hard-hats, no down sleeping bags for bivouacs back then. Just like those whose made it to the top of Everest with no oxygen. They were stronger back then, and I have nothing but admiration for those who made it back to tell the tale. I also recommend Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" for a very real taste of those who have the stamina to ascend, and those in our modern age who are instead carried to the summit.