The Summit
The Summit is a 2012 documentary film about the 2008 K2 disaster directed by Nick Ryan. It combines documentary footage with dramatized recreations of the events of the 2008 K2 disaster. On the way to and from the summit, eleven climbers died during a short time span creating one of the worst catastophes in climbing history. Much of the documentary footage was captured by Swedish mountaineer Fredrik Sträng. Sträng was planning to do a Documentary which was aborted due to the fact that he did not reach the summit. The footage was still valuable to help solving what really did happen since all the climbers had different stories about what happened.
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22 people
Christine Barnes
Cecile Skog
Christo Mitzkov
Marco Confortola
Hoselito Bite
Himself
Marco Confortola
Himself
Cecilie Skog
Herself
Also in
Frifot
Wilco Van Rooijen
Himself
Alberto Zerain
Himself
Cas Van de Gevel
Himself
Niall Foley
Frederik Strang / Cas Van de Gevel
Pat Falvey
Himself
Stefen Grossniklaus
Lars Nessa
Pasang Lama
Himself
Nick Ryan Director · Mark Monroe Writer Nick Seymour Composer
Worldwide gross $244K · Budget $1M · United States release October 4, 2013
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Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$243,550
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Image Now
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Diamond Docs
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IFC Films
Studio
image now films
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Ireland
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Basque · English · Italian · Nepali
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 12, 2012
Premiere · London Film Festival
United States · October 4, 2013
Limited theatrical
United States
January 20, 2013 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
Canada
October 24, 2013 · Theatrical
Germany
November 28, 2014 · Physical
Sweden
October 4, 2013 · Theatrical
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