---
title: 'North Face (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Philipp Stölzl'
released: '2008-08-09'
runtime_minutes: 121
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/north-face-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844457/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# North Face (2008)

2008 · 121 min · Drama, Adventure, History · Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Original title: Nordwand

## Synopsis

North Face is a 2008 German historical fiction film directed by Philipp Stölzl and starring Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, and Ulrich Tukur. Based on the 1936 Eiger climbing disaster, the film is about two German climbers involved in a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Philipp Stölzl](https://cinepixo.com/people/philipp-stolzl)
- **Screenplay:** [Philipp Stölzl](https://cinepixo.com/people/philipp-stolzl), [Christoph Silber](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoph-silber), [Rupert Henning](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-henning), [Johannes Naber](https://cinepixo.com/people/johannes-naber)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Christian Kolonovits](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-kolonovits)
- **Producer:** [Benjamin Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-herrmann), [Rudolf Santschi](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-santschi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kolja Brandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/kolja-brandt)
- **Editor:** [Sven Budelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-budelmann)

## Cast

- [Petra Morzé](https://cinepixo.com/people/petra-morze)
- [Arnd Schimkat](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnd-schimkat)
- [Branko Samarovski](https://cinepixo.com/people/branko-samarovski)
- [Erwin Steinhauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erwin-steinhauer)
- [Florian Lukas](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-lukas)
- [Simon Schwarz](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-schwarz)
- [Martin Brambach](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-brambach)
- [Benno Fürmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/benno-furmann)
- [Hannes Thanheiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-thanheiser)
- [Erni Mangold](https://cinepixo.com/people/erni-mangold)
- [Traute Hoess](https://cinepixo.com/people/traute-hoess)
- [Johanna Wokalek](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanna-wokalek)
- [Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanspeter-muller-drossaart)
- [Klaus Ofczarek](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-ofczarek)
- [Ulrich Tukur](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-tukur)

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Official site: http://www.nordwand-film.de/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/north-face-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q621735); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.