Synopsis
The Summit is a 2012 documentary film about the 2008 K2 disaster directed by Nick Ryan. It combines documentary footage with dramatized recreations of the events of the 2008 K2 disaster. On the way to and from the summit, eleven climbers died during a short time span creating one of the worst catastophes in climbing history. Much of the documentary footage was captured by Swedish mountaineer Fredrik Sträng. Sträng was planning to do a Documentary which was aborted due to the fact that he did not reach the summit. The footage was still valuable to help solving what really did happen since all the climbers had different stories about what happened.
Key facts
Cast
Christine Barnes, Christo Mitzkov, Hoselito Bite, Marco Confortola, Cecilie Skog, Wilco Van Rooijen, Alberto Zerain, Cas Van de Gevel
Original language
English
First release
October 4, 2013 (Sweden)
Setting
Pakistan
Crew
Screenplay
Mark Monroe
Producer
Nick Ryan
Cinematography
Robbie Ryan
Editing
Ben Stark
Music
Nick Seymour
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Irish Film and Television Awards 2014 generic
- Seattle International Film Festival 2013 generic
- Sundance Film Festival 2013 generic
- Vancouver International Film Festival 2013 generic
- BFI London Film Festival 2012 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Sweden | October 4, 2013 |
| Theatrical | United States | October 4, 2013 |
| Theatrical | Canada | October 24, 2013 |
| Classification | Germany | 6 |
| Classification | United States | R |
Versions & editions
| Home video | Germany | November 28, 2014 |
Full credits
| Director | Nick Ryan |
| Cast | Christine Barnes (Cecile Skog), Christo Mitzkov (Marco Confortola), Hoselito Bite (Himself), Marco Confortola (Himself), Cecilie Skog (Herself), Wilco Van Rooijen (Himself), Alberto Zerain (Himself), Cas Van de Gevel (Himself), Niall Foley (Frederik Strang / Cas Van de Gevel), Pat Falvey (Himself), Stefen Grossniklaus (Lars Nessa), Pasang Lama (Himself), Tshering Lama (Himself), J. J. McDonnell (Himself), Johannes Moser (Rolf Bae), Lars Nessa (Himself), Damien O'Brien (Himself), Lochlann Ó Mearáin (Ger Mcdonell), Chhiring Dorje Sherpa (Himself), Pemba Gyalje Sherpa (Himself), Annie Starkey (Herself), Fredrik Strang (Himself) |
| Screenplay | Mark Monroe |
| Producer | Nick Ryan |
| Executive producer | Alan Maher, Darrell Kavanagh, John Battsek, John McDonnell, Pat Falvey |
| Cinematography | Robbie Ryan |
| Editing | Ben Stark |
| Music | Nick Seymour |
Additional data: TMDB.
