The Route
Premier broadcast: 08/31/2011 - 3,48 Mio. / 12,3%
**** Gripping mountaineering drama – kino.de
**** "Gripping, emotional - a great climbing film – TV Today
The well-known director Florian Froschmayer directed this successful mountain drama about friendship, guilt, and responsibility in front of the wonderful natural scenery of the Dolomites – Prisma
Two friends spend every free minute in the mountains. Especially Mark, who practices mountaineering like a religion, dreams of climbing Nanga Parbat together. When Tom wants to take a break during a climbing tour, Mark urges him to continue climbing. His friend runs out of strength, falls into the rope, and crashes against the rock.
Tom and his fiancé must rethink their life plans. Mark has to face an altered reality. A story about friendship, guilt, and responsibility.
a TV60 production for BR and ORF
Director: Florian Froschmayer
Genre: Drama
Year of filming: 2009
Filming locations: Munich, Germany / Dolomites, Italy
Cast: Maximilian Brückner, Stephan Luca, Jana Klinge, Michael Fitz, Hubert Mulzer, Patrick Rapold und Nadia Hilker
Photo: © Barbara Bauriedl / BR / ORF