Scream of Stone

Overview

A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing expedition, although he is considered to be the world's best sport climber (having just won an indoor 'world championship,' an event depicted in the opening scene). They plan to climb 'Cerro Torre,' in the Patagonia region of South America, near the Argentinian/Chilean border, one of the world's most difficult mountains, especially considering the extreme weather conditions common to the area.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 3, 1991

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Spanish

Countries

Germany

Production

Lucky Red,Films A2,Sera Filmproduktions,Molécule,Les Films Stock International

Cast

Vittorio Mezzogiorno,Stefan Glowacz,Mathilda May,Al Waxman,Gunilla Karlzen,Chavela Vargas,Georg Marischka,Volker Prechtel,Hans Kammerlander,Lautaro Murúaand 11 more

Director

Werner Herzog

Writer

Hans-Ulrich Klenner,Walter Saxer,Robert Geoffrion,Reinhold Messner

Producer

Henry Lange,Richard Sadler,Walter Saxer

Cinematography

Rainer Klausmann

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0102855