In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering's most epic tragedies. As a child, it was this story and that of one of the climbers in particular, that first captured Simpson's imagination and inspired him to take up mountaineering.
Andreas Abegglen
as Willy Angerer
Simon Anthamatten
as Andreas Hinterstoisser
Cyrille Berthod
as Edi Rainier
Steven Mackintosh
as Narrator
Roger Schäli
as Toni Kurz
Joe Simpson
as Self
