Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Eugen Schuhmacher
- Writers
- Mathias Rebitsch, Eugen Schuhmacher
- Release Year
- 1955
- Runtime
- 87 minutes
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- DE
- Country
- Austria, Germany
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 9.0 / 10 (1 votes)
Top Cast
![Ernst Fritz Fürbringer — cast portrait as Self - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2HMLUhELXPPF71vvDVbtjIv6dg5.jpg)
![Otto Mellies — cast portrait as Self - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lJIUNGUgnZlbrYU3W7n3iv05nOO.jpg)
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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.
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