Excelsior
"The Throne of the Gods"
Overview
Record of the international expedition to climb Kangchenjunga in 1930. The German-Austrian-British expedition, led by Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth, had come from the Nepalese side and tried to reach the North Ridge via its NW face after failing in the north face, where the sherpa Chettan was killed in an avalanche. The attempt failed but the team made the first ascents of Rathong (6678m) and Jongsong Peak (7483m), and also climbed the Southwest peak of Nepal Peak.
Cast
Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth
Self
Hettie Dyrenfurth
Self
Hermann Hoerlin
Self - Expedition participant, Germany
Helmuth Richer
Self - Expedition participant, Germany (as Dr. Helmuth Richer)
Ulrich Wieland
Self - Expedition participant, Germany
John Hannah
Self - Expedition participant: England
George Wood Johnson
Self - Expedition participant: England
Frank Smythe
Self - Expedition participant: England
Erwin Schneider
Self - Expedition participant: Austria
Charles-Georges Duvanel
Self - Expedition participant: Switzerland
Marcel Kurz
Self - Expedition participant: Switzerland
Lowell Thomas
Narrator (USA)
Key Crew
Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth
Director
Günther Oskar Dyhrenfurth
Writer
Karl Julius Fritzsche
Production Manager
Charles-Georges Duvanel
Director of Photography
Richard Hutter
Editor
Charles-Georges Duvanel
Editor
Nathan Cy Bronstein
Editor
Wolfgang Zeller
Music Director
Wolfgang Zeller
Original Music Composer
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