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In the Shadow of Karakorum (1955)

In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Karakoram Mountains, geographically north of the Himalayas. They come across the Hunza, a people who live in the valley of the same name and believe they are descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. The documentary conveys impressions of the poor life of the Hunza people, the harvest, a court hearing, festivals and the children's everyday school life. Finally, the expedition sets off again and sets up its main camp on the moraine ridge of a glacier, where they measure the glacier and the earth's magnetic field. Finally, some men from the research community set off for a sub-peak of Batura.

  • Documentary

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Ernst Fritz FürbringerErnst Fritz FürbringerSelf - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)
  • Photo of Otto MelliesOtto MelliesSelf - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)
  • Photo of Mathias RebitschMathias RebitschSelf - Expedition Leader
  • Photo of Wolfgang PillewizerWolfgang PillewizerSelf - Scientific Director
  • Photo of Paul BernettPaul BernettSelf - Expedition Doctor
  • Photo of Anderl HeckmairAnderl HeckmairSelf - Expedition Member
  • Photo of Karl HecklerKarl HecklerSelf - Expedition Member (†)
  • Photo of Gerhard KlamertGerhard KlamertSelf - Expedition Member
  • Photo of Dolf MeyerDolf MeyerSelf - Expedition Member
  • Photo of Karl Heinz PfaffenKarl Heinz PfaffenSelf - Expedition Member

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