North Face (2008)
Nordwand
fiction · 121 min · Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Directed by: Philipp Stölzl
Set in: The Eiger north face, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, 1936
In 1936 two Bavarian climbers attempt the unclimbed north face of the Eiger as journalists and rivals watch from below.
Where it was filmed
- Eiger
Bernese Oberland · Switzerland
climbing scenes filmed in the Eiger area with experienced climbers as doubles
Grindelwald on MR. ALPS - Grindelwald
Bern · Switzerland
cast travelled here for filming in spring 2007
Grindelwald on MR. ALPS - Dachstein
Austria
opening scene
Dachsteiner Gletscher on MR. ALPS - Berchtesgaden
Bavaria · Germany
Bräustüberl of the Hofbrauhaus Berchtesgaden
Grünsteinlift (Berchtesgaden) on MR. ALPS - Strub (Bischofswiesen)
Bavaria · Germany
mountain troops barracks
Bischofswiesen on MR. ALPS - Graz
Styria · Austria
close-ups in a cold-storage warehouse converted to a studio
Filming locations as stated in the sources below. The story may be set somewhere else.
Also filmed nearby
On Her Majesty's Secret Service1969 · Mürren +2
The Eiger Sanction1975 · Grindelwald +1
The Summit2012 · Grindelwald
Der Pass2019-2023 · Bad Gastein +3
Watzmann ermittelt2019 · Grünsteinlift (Berchtesgaden)
Crash Landing on You2019-2020 · Wengen +1
Sources
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