Reinhold Messner
Birthday: 1944-09-17
Place of Birth: Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy
Biography: Reinhold Messner, born September 17, 1944 in Bressanone/Brixen in South Tyrol, is a German-speaking Italian mountaineer, considered by many to be one of the best of the 20th century. A great defender of the alpine style and destroyer of the expedition style, he is notably known for having made the first ascent of Everest without oxygen supply with Peter Habeler, in May 1978, and was the first to have climbed the fourteen peaks more 8,000 meters in 1986.
Movies
Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche
In 1959, Cesare Maestri and Toni Egger are said to have been the first to climb the more than 3,000-...
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Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell
Movie about David Lama climbing the Patagonian mountain Cerro Torre for the first time free, a mount...
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14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
In 2019, Nepalese mountain climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja set out to do the unthinkable by climbing the...
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Denis Urubko - My Own Way
Denis Urubko is one of the strongest Himalayan climbers of all time: he has climbed all 8000 meter p...
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Simone Moro, I-View
Thanks to his perseverance, the Italian Simone Moro has written pages in the history of mountaineeri...
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Portrait: Werner Herzog
An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life an...
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The Dark Glow of the Mountain
Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition in...
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Messner
Born in 1944 in South Tyrol, Reinhold Messner was introduced to climbing peaks by his father as a ch...
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Everest Unmasked
Record of the first ascent of Everest made without the use of oxygen equipment, made in May 1978 by ...
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Viktor & I: An Alexander Vesely Film
For the first time, Dr. Victor Frankl through the eyes of those closest to him. A defining character...
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Galahad of Everest
Brian Blessed plays George Mallory in this intrepid recreation of his ill fated 1924 climb to Everes...
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Niemanns Zeit - Ein deutscher Heimatfilm
A lone scholar researches the visual and textual worlds of National Socialism. The film approaches a...
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The Last Expedition
The true story of Wanda Rutkiewicz, the first woman in the world and the first person from Poland to...
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The Dream Line
Dream Line is a documentary about the magical power of dreams. It tells the story of professional sk...
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Walter Bonatti, King of the Alps
Walter Bonatti is THE mountaineering legend, capable of meeting the great challenges of mountaineeri...
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High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 is the deepest story of the greatest Himalayan climb in American mou...
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Manaslu - Road to the Mountain, Road to a Friend
On May 9, 1956, for the first time, the man stepped on the 8163-meter-high Manaslu, the eighth highe...
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Art of Freedom
The documentary film Art of Freedom answers the most poignant questions on the phenomenon of Polish ...
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Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
Fred Beckey is the legendary American "Dirtbag" mountaineer whose name is spoken in hushed tones aro...
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Manaslu: Mountain of Souls
The great successes and tragedies in the life and work of Hans Kammerlander, the renowned mountainee...
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Fine Lines
For nearly three years, director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class mountain climbing athletes, li...
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The Alpinist
Marc-André Leclerc, an exceptional climber, has made solo his religion and ice his homeland. When fi...
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Nanga Parbat - Mein Schlüsselberg
A tragic expedition to the Himalayas, told by the great mountaineer Reinhold Messner, who lost his b...
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Kukuczka
Jerzy Kukuczka is today considered the greatest Himalayan climber of all time. He was the second man...
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Jurek
This documentary follows the feats of high-altitude climber Jerzy Kukuczka and his ascent to higher ...
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Everest At Any Cost
In 1983, three climbers became the first French people to reach the summit of Everest. Among them we...
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David Lama - Off Limits On Rock and Ice
The Tyrolean David Lama has climbed an 8a route already at the age of ten, and he has become several...
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Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood
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Mount Everest – The Last Step
On 8th May 1978 Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler were the first humans to reach the 8,848m high su...
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