Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Self - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)
- Otto Mellies as Self - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)
- Mathias Rebitsch as Self - Expedition Leader
- Wolfgang Pillewizer as Self - Scientific Director
- Paul Bernett as Self - Expedition Doctor
- Anderl Heckmair as Self - Expedition Member
- Karl Heckler as Self - Expedition Member (†)
- Gerhard Klamert as Self - Expedition Member
- Dolf Meyer as Self - Expedition Member
- Karl Heinz Pfaffen as Self - Expedition Member
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