The Summit

The Summit (2013)

12/10/2012 (GB)
Adventure, Documentary, Drama
1h 35m

Overview

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.

  • Nick RyanDirector
  • Mark MonroeWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $1,000,000

  • Revenue

    $243,550

Keywords

  • himalaya mountain range
  • k2
  • mountaineering
  • karakoram
  • alpine climbing
  • missing expedition
  • k2 summit
  • mountain expedition
  • killer expedition

Top Billed Cast

Christine Barnes

Cecile Skog

Christo Mitzkov

Marco Confortola

Hoselito Bite

Himself

Marco Confortola

Himself

Cecilie Skog

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

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