K2 - Triumph And Tragedy On The Savage Mountain

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K2 - Triumph And Tragedy On The Savage Mountain (1988)

Directed by Barry Reynolds, Allen Jewhurst

Documentary · 51m

Chris Bonington and Jim Curran trace the history of K2 expeditions from 1903 to the disastrous loss of life in the summer of 1986, when 13 climbers died on K2, climbing tragedies that aggressively carved the epithet the 'savage mountain' into the public consciousness. Jim Curran was hired by the British 'Fuller’s K2' team to document their attempt on the unclimbed NW Ridge, so he was at the mountain, all summer. Inevitably, his documentary ended up drifting into a gripping narrative from the front line of the disastrous and tragic summer that killed 13 climbers on K2.

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Cast

Jim Curran Narrator Kurt Diemberger Self Julie Tullis Self Chris Bonington Self Alan Rouse Self Brian Hall Self Willi Bauer Self Wanda Rutkiewicz Self Dobrosława Miodowicz-Wolf Self Doug Scott Self
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Hannes Wieser Self
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Dave Wilkinson Self

Crew

Director
Barry Reynolds, Allen Jewhurst
Writer
Jim Curran
Editor
Barry Reynolds
Producer
Chris Lister

Details

Release date
1988-01-01
Runtime
51m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Yorkshire Television