In the Shadow of Karakorum

• 0.0 Documentary
• 1955-08-03
• 87 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (Self - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)) Otto Mellies (Self - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)) Mathias Rebitsch (Self - Expedition Leader) Wolfgang Pillewizer (Self - Scientific Director) Paul Bernett (Self - Expedition Doctor) Anderl Heckmair (Self - Expedition Member) Karl Heckler (Self - Expedition Member (†)) Gerhard Klamert (Self - Expedition Member) Dolf Meyer (Self - Expedition Member) Karl Heinz Pfaffen (Self - Expedition Member)

Director:

Eugen Schuhmacher

Writer:

Mathias Rebitsch Eugen Schuhmacher