The Last Expedition (2024)
The true story of Wanda Rutkiewicz, the first woman in the world and the first person from Poland to climb the highest peaks on earth, told by herself.
Top billed cast
Wanda RutkiewiczSelf (archive footage)
Reinhold MessnerSelf
Carlos CarsolioSelf
Krzysztof WielickiSelf
Kurt DiembergerSelf- Janina FiesSelf
- Marion FeikSelf
- Włodzimierz Szaranowicz(voice)
Jacek Bończyk(voice)
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