Films by Jürgen Czwienk

Germany 2008
by Andreas Nickel, Jürgen Czwienk

Norman Dyhrenfurth, a sprightly ninety year old, tells for thefirst time the fascinating history of his parents role in the raceto TO THE THIRD POLE, the highest mountains on earth. Two expeditions during the 1930s which stand up to their Nazirivals, - state-sponsored - beats them in setting world climbingrecords. In doing so, Guenter and Hettie Dyhrenfurth take the firstmoving pictures in high altitude during their Himalaya expeditions.Norman Dyhrenfurth himself put the first Americans on the t