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The great successes and tragedies in the life and work of Hans Kammerlander, the renowned mountaineer.
A professional skier gets into a life-changing car accident the day he discovers he has qualified for the Olympics. After losing a leg in the wreck, the athlete sinks into a deep depression- until one day he is offered a chance to try his luck with the country's Paralympic team.
After a herd of reindeer are mysteriously found dead following a meteor crash in a remote part of Lapland in northern Sweden, soldiers and a geologist are called out to investigate.
The animation film in comic form shows the sporting struggle in the bicycle race between the forest animals: the Toptygin brothers, the Bunny and the Fox. After a long, exhausting struggle, the Bunny took the lead, however, prematurely fed up with the victory, shamefully loses the match: after detachment from the opponents the Bunny decides to rest lying under a tree , then bathes (right in the bicycle form - a T-shirt and shorts), forgets to control the time and loses the championship in the race.
An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.
It is 1940 in Norway, a neutral, peace-loving country that is invaded by Nazi Germany. A gang of Norwegian children do what Norwegian children like best - ski. They are actually rescuing Norwegian gold from the nazi invaders. The Nazis search all adults but don't suspect children playing. The children carry the gold, one bar at a time, across the mountains to a fishing boat. It is a race against time, it is spring and the snow is melting. So they ski from dawn to dusk every day.
A womanizer office boss blackmails his assistant by requesting her to please him, a young ingenue whom he hired as his own private secretary. She then decides to fascinate him by collecting enough proof to get him caught red-handed.
One year before the Olympics, Jill Kinmont, an 18-year-old skiing champion, suffers a fall during competition and is left paralyzed. With her life now completely altered, she undergoes an exhausting fight to regain some of what she has lost.
No Means No is a cross-genre action-packed, teenage musical love story, a courtroom drama that's more like the thrill of a roller-coaster ride as each twist and turn begins to unravel to reach a conclusion that calls out for justice.
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.
As an older man reflects on the shame he feels about his lack of self-awareness in his youth, a younger man embodies that same selfishness, making choices that clash with his young family at home.
Popeye takes Olive mountain climbing. Bluto sets various traps for them along the way.
Ever since the ice age, skis have been an irreplaceable tool for humans, but due to global tendencies skiing has changed a lot taking us to – urban skiing. The main character reflects the events that skiers have to face in their quest for adventure, overcoming the boundaries and stereotypes set in society. The film is a peculiar mixture of genres, which allows the boundaries of reality and fiction to merge. Storyline is dominated in two sides – a space where the main character lives and the other 50 locations over Latvia and Estonia. Movie surprises the viewer with breath-taking urban skiing action. The filming is done under challenging circumstances - pedestrians, police...., and the operators mostly have only one chance to capture the frame.
On July 22 2018, a Polish ski mountaineer clicked into his bindings at an altitude of 8,611m to make history. Follow Andrzej Bargiel’s expedition from Poland to Pakistan, as he descends K2 on skis.
Watch the world’s best skiers and riders cover ground in some of the most legendary destinations to honor a face that launched a thousand quips and got us all started on this long, crazy ride. Visit some of Warren’s favorite locations from Switzerland to Chamonix, British Columbia to Alaska, Chile, Iceland, New Zealand, and more.
The ascend and mental battle of Marc Rochat into the elite world of Slalom skiing.
A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
With seven Winter X-Games gold medals and a career spanning twenty years, Tanner Hall has cemented himself as an icon and legend in the sport of skiing. Now, at age 35, he’s decided to enter the Freeride World Tour; a five-stop competition circuit in which skiers are judged on their ability to descend through rugged, un-groomed terrain. Having never competed in a freeride competition, Tanner embarks on the latest chapter of his career, struggling against the limits of an aging body while confronting the darkest memories of his past.