In eisige Höhen – Sterben am Mount Everest (1997)
Mai 1996: Eine Gruppe von Amateur-Alpinisten bricht mit den zwei erfahrenen Bergführern Rob Hall & Scott Fisher zum Gipfel des Mount Everest auf. Die bergbegeisterten Laien haben bis zu 65.000 $ für die außergewöhnliche Tour bezahlt. Großer Andrang am Leichtsinn, schlechte Ausrüstung und ein plötzlicher Wetterumschwung führen zur Katastrophe. In einer dramatischen Nacht können einige Mitglieder der Expedition gerettet werden, doch die Bergführer und sechs weitere Teilnehmer erfrieren.
Der Regisseur: Robert Markowitz
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Peter Horton as Scott Fischer |
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Nathaniel Parker as Rob Hall |
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Richard Jenkins as Beck Weathers |
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Christopher McDonald as Jon Krakauer |
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Tim Dutton as Andy Harris |
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Pamela Gien as Sandy Hill Pittman |
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Peter J. Lucas as Anatoli Boukreev |
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Long Nguyen as Ang Dorje |
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Jeff Perry as Doug Hansen |
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Ned Vaughn as Neal Beidelman |
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Akemi Otani as Yasuko Namba |
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Richard Rees as Lopsang Sherpa |
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Stuart Milligan as Dale Kruse |
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Nicholas Hewetson as Tim Madsen |
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Luke Garrett as Mike Groom |
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Romilly Weeks as Charlotte Fox |
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Esther Hall as Jan Arnold |
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David Forman as Taiwanese Climber #1 |
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Nigel Fan as Taiwanese Climber #2 |
| Writing | Robert J. Avrech | Writer |
| Directing | Robert Markowitz | Director |
| Production | Bernard Sofronski | Executive Producer |
| Art | Christiaan Wagener | Production Design |
| Camera | Neil Roach | Director of Photography |
| Production | David Minkowski | Co-Producer |
| Production | Hans Proppe | Producer |
| Production | Matthew Stillman | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Lee Holdridge | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jon Krakauer | Book |
| Editing | David Beatty | Editor |
| Production | Rosalie Muskatt | Producer |
| Production | Rachel Verno | Co-Producer |
| Production | Deborah Edell Underwood | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Carl Lawrence Ludwig | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Michal Škop | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Mirek Lux | Assistant Director |
| Production | Judith Holstra | Casting |
| Production | Jeremy Zimmermann | Casting |
| Camera | Martin Grošup | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Jay Patterson | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Petr Forejt | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Avraham Leibman | Gaffer |
| Camera | Ivan Chalupa | Key Grip |
| Art | Jindřich Kočí | Art Direction |
| Art | Astrid Sieben | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jiri Juda | Property Master |
| Directing | Carol Stewart | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Karl-Heinz Bochnig | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Directing | Emily Stillman | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Franz Schrems | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Meg Speirs | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Farkaš | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Lane | Costume Design |
| Editing | Z. Jean Woods | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | G. Michael Graham | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michael Lyle | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Suzanne Angel | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Robert L. Harman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Wayne Artman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Frank Jones | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |