The Death Zone
1996•26m•10.0•Released
Documentary
To understand the difficulties of an ascent to over eight thousand metres, it is enough to remember the almost 300 victims these peaks have claimed. The Swiss alpinist Ehrart Loretan, the third alpinist in the world to have climbed all 14 8,000, and the Austrian alpinist Kurt Diemgerger cover the whole history of the conquest of the world’s 8,000, from the fifties to the present day, together with other alpinists and film directors who have climbed them. They talk about their experienced when they ventured into the death zone.
Director
Claude Andrieux
Writer
Claude Andrieux
Languages
French
Studio
MC4
Cast
Erhard Loretan
Self
Kurt Diemberger
Self
Jean-Christophe Lafaille
Self (archive footage)
Eric Escoffier
Self
Benoît Chamoux
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Béghin
Self (archive footage)
Jean Afanassieff
Self
Laurent Chevallier
Self
Jean-Michel Asselin
Self
Érik Decamp
Self
Pierre Royer
Self (archive footage)
Valentin Traversi
Narrator
Production
Company
MC4
Company
France•3
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