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Oct 22, 2007 · The Beckoning Silence: Directed by Louise Osmond. With Roger Schäli, Simon Anthamatten, Andreas Abegglen, Cyrille Berthod. After a mountain climber's severe injuries and near-death accident, he's told he'll never climb again.
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- Louise Osmond
- 2007-10-22
The Beckoning Silence is a 2007 British television film that follows and retraces the 1936 Eiger north face climbing disaster where five climbers perished while attempting to scale the north face of the Eiger mountain in Switzerland.
The Beckoning Silence 2007 1h 15m Drama List Reviews 85% Audience Score 50+ Ratings In 1936, Toni Kurz and three other climbers meet disaster while trying to ascend Eiger mountain.
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- Louise Osmond
- Drama
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Joe Simpson, a mountaineer who survived a similar ordeal, tells the story of Toni Kurz, who died alone on the North Face of the Eiger in 1936. The film explores the challenges and dangers of climbing the last great unconquered peak in the Alps.
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The Beckoning Silence. The climber Joe Simpson was 25 when he had an accident that nearly killed him. He wrote a book - Touching the Void - about his extraordinary battle to survive. Now he is going back to the mountain that first him inspired to climb.
In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering's most epic tragedies.
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