Having recently watched The Eiger Sanction (1975), I wanted to good mountain climbing scenes. As far as that goes, excellent job. The movie also did a good job showing 1936 Germany. Some reviewers state it did not capture the drama of the tome enough, but at that time a number were asleep at wheel over what was happening in Germany. It was not yet at the point it was in 1938. Some flaws. The Austrian climbers were portrayed negatively. I have no idea why, as my grandmother waa Austrian. Was it necessary to display such bias against Austrians? Also, some unbelievabities in the climb. They packed very little. Even in 1936, I would guess they could not forget equipment pieces for ice. After all, it is the Eiger, where the weather can change on a dime. And why did the climbers have only one pair of gloves? I would think that climbers would at least have another pair. The whole movie seemed to want to portray the German climbers s brillant, but they seemed a little amateurish. Maybe the point was that they both came from rather poor backgrounds.
Review of North Face
