The Beckoning Silence
2007 British film
- 22 October 2007 (2007-10-22) (UK)
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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 film features climber Joe Simpson, whose book of the same name inspired the film.
In 2008 it won an International Emmy Award for Best Documentary.
Cast
- Andreas Abegglen as Willy Angerer
- Simon Anthamatten [de] as Andreas Hinterstoisser
- Cyrille Berthod as Edi Rainer
- Roger Schäli [de] as Toni Kurz
- Joe Simpson as himself
- Steven Mackintosh as the narrator
External links
- The Beckoning Silence at IMDb
- The Beckoning Silence - Extras: The Making of on YouTube
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