The Climb (1986 film)

The Climb
Directed byDonald Shebib
Written byDonald Shebib
Based onNanga Parbat Pilgrimage by Hermann Buhl
Produced byColin Godman
Wendy Wacko
StarringBruce Greenwood
Kenneth Welsh
Ken Pogue
Thomas Hauff
CinematographyRichard Leiterman
Edited byRon Wiseman
Music byPeter Jermyn
Production
company
Wacko Productions
Distributed byCineplex Odeon
Release date
  • July 14, 1986 (1986-07-14)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesCanada
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Climb is a 1986 Canadian-British co-produced adventure drama film, directed by Donald Shebib. A dramatization of mountaineer Hermann Buhl's 1953 attempt to climb Nanga Parbat, the film stars Bruce Greenwood as Buhl alongside James Hurdle, Kenneth Welsh, Ken Pogue, Thomas Hauff, Guy Bannerman, David James Elliott and Tom Butler as members of his expedition.