The Dark Glow of the Mountain

Mar 9, 1985

0h 45m

★ 7.6

Overview

Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has some of the most difficult peaks to be conquered, and they'll do it without the use of oxygen tanks. Herzog also takes some time to hear about their past experiences with other mountains, their personal tragedies and the reasons why they are so involved with such activity.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Süddeutscher Rundfunk

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Cast

Self (voice)

Werner Herzog

Self

Reinhold Messner

Self

Hans Kammerlander

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