In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Karakoram Mountains, geographically north of the Himalayas. They come across the Hunza, a people who live in the valley of the same name and believe they are descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. The documentary conveys impressions of the poor life of the Hunza people, the harvest, a court hearing, festivals and the children's everyday school life. Finally, the expedition sets off again and sets up its main camp on the moraine ridge of a glacier, where they measure the glacier and the earth's magnetic field. Finally, some men from the research community set off for a sub-peak of Batura.
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
as Self - Narrator [West Germany & Austria] (voice)
Otto Mellies
as Self - Narrator [East Germany] (voice)
Mathias Rebitsch
as Self - Expedition Leader
Wolfgang Pillewizer
as Self - Scientific Director
Paul Bernett
as Self - Expedition Doctor
Anderl Heckmair
as Self - Expedition Member
Karl Heckler
as Self - Expedition Member (†)
Gerhard Klamert
as Self - Expedition Member
Dolf Meyer
as Self - Expedition Member
Karl Heinz Pfaffen
as Self - Expedition Member
Hans-Jochen Schneider
as Self - Expedition Member
Karl Wienert
as Self - Expedition Member
