His Best Friend (1962)
Sein bester Freund
The young engineer Peter and his best friend, the mountain guide Anderl, are passionate mountaineers. When Peter falls in love with Clarissa, the girlfriend of his student friend Marius, it leads to a fatal chain of dramatic events. Peter tells Clarissa that he is planning an ascent with Anderl on the dangerous Eiger north face. She does not want him to go, so finally Anderl decides to overcome the mountain alone. Halfway up Anderl has difficulties and Peters come out to help him and to finish the climb together. During the ascent, a storm brings the two men in mortal danger. Marius joins the rescue team, but he is still full of resentment and jealousy towards Peter.
- Date of release
- 1962-11-29
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Luis Trenker
Casting
- Toni Sailer — Peter Haller
- Dietmar Schönherr — Marius Melichar
- Hilti von Allmen — Anderl Burri
- Hans Nielsen — Direktor Imhoff
- Rudolf Platte — Köhler
- Peer Schmidt — Pat Nicot
- Franz Muxeneder — Paul
- Hans Richter — Max
- Paul Westermeier
- Luis Trenker
- Carmela Corren — Judith Gerlach
- Elke Roesler — Clarissa, seine Tochter
Interesting facts
His Best Friend is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Luis Trenker and starring Toni Sailer, Dietmar Schönherr and Hilti von Allmen.
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