Movie: The Dark Side of Everest

Top 10 Billed Cast

Pete Athans
Pete Athans

Self

Neal Beidleman
Neal Beidleman

Self

Anatoli Boukreev
Anatoli Boukreev

Self

Simone Moro
Simone Moro

Self

Brian Blessed
Brian Blessed

Self

Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay

Self (archive footage)

Bruce Herrold
Bruce Herrold

Self (archive footage)

Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer

Self

Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary

Self (archive footage)

Zam Baring
Zam Baring

Narrator

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    The Dark Side of Everest

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    May 25, 1996 - Bruce Herrod, a South African mountaineer reached the summit of Everest at 5 p.m. On the radio, we urge him to come down as soon as possible because the descent is dangerous in the middle of the night. A few hours later, no news from him. From this South African expedition which turned into a fiasco and another expedition carried out in parallel, the testimonies of the members of these expeditions show to what extent the thirst for climbing to the top of certain mountaineers, combined with the lack of oxygen , can alter the lucidity of climbers to the point of changing their relationship to death and thus lead them to neglect other expedition members in order to ensure their victory or save their own life.

  • Release Date

    2003-01-01

  • Average

    10

  • Rating:

    5.0 starts
  • Tagline

    Death on Everest

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
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