Scream of Stone
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Scream of Stone | |
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Directed by | Werner Herzog |
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Cinematography | Rainer Klausmann |
Edited by | Suzanne Baron |
Release date | 1991 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
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Language | English |
Scream of Stone (German: Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein) is a 1991 film directed by Werner Herzog about a climbing expedition on Cerro Torre. The film was shot on location at Cerro Torre, with several scenes filmed close to the summit.
The script was written principally by longtime Herzog production manager Walter Saxer, based on an idea from mountaineer Reinhold Messner, whom Herzog had worked with in his documentary The Dark Glow of the Mountains. Herzog, who usually writes his own screenplays, believes that the script was weak, especially the dialogue, and says that he does not consider Scream of Stone to be his film.[1] He would not direct another feature film for ten years.
The film has elements drawn from the history of the supposed first conquest of the summit of Cerro Torre in 1959, by the Italian climber Cesare Maestri and his partner, the Austrian Toni Egger, who died during the descent.
Trivia[edit]
- In the 52nd minute there is an Akira Kurosawa Ran movie poster on the white wall.
References[edit]
- ^ Herzog, Werner (2001). Herzog on Herzog. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-20708-1.
External links[edit]
- 1991 films
- 1990s adventure drama films
- German adventure drama films
- English-language German films
- Mountaineering films
- Films directed by Werner Herzog
- Films set in Argentina
- Films set in Chile
- Films shot in Argentina
- Films shot in Chile
- 1991 drama films
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s German films
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