The White Hell of Pitz Palu

00:00:14 The original negative is lost. However, a nitrate print survived.

00:00:40 THE WHITE HELL OF PIZ PALÜ

00:01:54 ...lashes the faces of Piz Palü.

00:06:18 Suddenly... The mountain is silent.

00:16:52 "You know, suddenly all that ice up here seems foreboding."

00:19:21 "Don't you know the story of Dr. Johannes Krafft?"

00:21:25 "Come, let's make some tea."

00:30:05 ...but it reached far down into darkness..."

00:32:13 "But only the sub-glacial stream roared down in the dark."

00:37:48 "This is the face that poses the last big problem here at the Palü."

00:39:19 "Stop being so ambitious here in the mountains, Hannes."

00:41:25 ...there is a strong draft through the cracks."

00:46:08 ...we'll stay alone after that. - Yours, Hans

00:47:47 "You cannot leave me alone in the hut... you have to take me with you!"

00:55:34 "Let's climb directly through the gorge...

01:01:19 "Be reasonable."

01:11:51 ...off to the north face of the Palü. Dr. Johannes Krafft

01:19:15 "We reach the peak from south...

01:30:51 Hell

01:41:09 ...to find the missing, but the face is just too vast...

01:46:51 "He would throw himself down immediately to end his agony."

02:05:59 Old Christian: In a few hours you might have succeeded in climbing down to us...

02:10:34 "They are coming... THEY ARE COMING!"

07:19:02 Tomorrow at 6:30 a.m...