A Quest For Glory Becomes A Quest For Survival In “The North Face”

“North Face” (Original title Nordwand)
Based on a true story.
Prior to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the Aryan ethos of physical accomplishment had become a mission-statement. The Third Reich focused on the conquering of mountain peaks in order to prove the latter claim, but there was one summit that remained unclimbed and managed to produce hysteria in [...]