The Dark Glow of the Mountains

The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Messner at the summit of Gasherbrum II
Directed by	Werner Herzog
Produced by	Manfred Nägele Werner Herzog
Written by	Werner Herzog
Narrated by	Werner Herzog
Starring	Reinhold Messner Hans Kammerlander Werner Herzog
Music by	Popol Vuh
Cinematography	Rainer Klausmann
Editing by	Maximiliane Mainka
Studio	Sudfunk Stuttgart Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Distributed by	New Yorker Films
Release date(s)	1984
Running time	45 min.
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Dark Glow of the Mountains is a TV documentary made in 1984 by German filmmaker Werner Herzog. It is about an expedition made by freestyle mountain climber Reinhold Messner and his partner Hans Kammerlander to climb Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I all in one trip without returning to base camp. The film is not so much concerned with showing the climb itself or giving guidelines on mountaineering, but seeks to reveal the inner motivation of the climbers.

External links

The Dark Glow of the Mountains at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Werner Herzog

1960s	Signs of Life (1968)

1970s	Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) Fata Morgana (1972) Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) Heart of Glass (1976) Stroszek (1977) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1978) Woyzeck (1978)

1980s	Fitzcarraldo (1982) Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) Cobra Verde (1987)

1990s	Scream of Stone (1991) Lessons of Darkness (1992)

2000s	Invincible (2001) The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) Rescue Dawn (2007) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009)

Documentaries	The Flying Doctors of East Africa (1969) Handicapped Future (1971) Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974) How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976) La Soufrière (1977) Huie's Sermon (1980) God's Angry Man (1981) Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1984) Wodaabe – Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) Echoes from a Somber Empire (1990) Jag Mandir (1991) Bells from the Deep (1993) The Transformation of the World into Music (1994) Death for Five Voices (1995) Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) My Best Fiend (1999) Wings of Hope (2000) Pilgrimage (2001) Ten Thousand Years Older (2002) Wheel of Time (2003) The White Diamond (2004) Grizzly Man (2005) Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Into the Abyss (2011)

Shorts	Herakles (1962) Game in the Sand (1964) The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967) Last Words (1967) Precautions Against Fanatics (1969) No One Will Play with Me (1976) Portrait Werner Herzog (1986) Les Gaulois (1988) La bohème (2009)

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