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North Face (12A)

A thrilling tale of mountaineering derring-do with camerawork to match. Set in 1936 and based on a true story, Philipp Stolzl�s drama focuses on a bid by two climbers to be the first to scale the north face of the Eiger, known among mountaineers, for good and grisly reasons, as �the murder wall�.

Star rating: *** Dir: Philipp Stolzl With: Benno Furmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek

A THRILLING tale of mountaineering derring-do with camerawork to match.