Pamir
Seen it?1928 | 76 min | Documentary
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With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for anyone who likes learning something new. You'll come away knowing something you didn't.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Well paced for a documentary, at 1 hr 16 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1928: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.
A film record of a Soviet expedition to Pamir, not to be confused with Krysha Mira, a different 1928 expedition film also about Pamir, directed by Vladimir Erofeyev, released in USA as Roof Of the World. A pictorial record of the 1928 Russian-German expedition to explore and map an area of the unexplored heart of the Pamirs. During the expedition, three German researchers (E. Allwein, E. Schneider and Karl Wien) made the first attempt to reach the highest point of the Trans-Alai Range, which at that time had the name of the Kaufman Peak (today, Lenin Peak or Ibn Sina). They started climbing upstream of the Saukdara river and continued climbing along the Greater Saukdara Glacier towards the Krilenko Pass at 5820 m. On September 25, 1928 they started climbing from the saddle along the NE Ridge and at 15.30 they made the first ascent of Lenin Peak at an altitude of 7127 m.
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- Reach & staying powerWeak
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- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
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Cast & crew
Directed by Vladimir Shnejderov, Vladimir Yerofeyev
- Eugene AllweinSelf
- Erwin SchneiderSelf
- Karl WienSelf
- Willi Rickmer RickmersSelf
- Nikolay GorbunovSelf
- Dmitrii Ivanovich ZcherbakovSelf
- Yelena RosmirovichSelf
- Hans BiersackSelf
- Franz KohlhauptSelf
- Alexander Nikolayevich LabunzovSelf