The Wildest Dream - Conquest of Everest, USA 2010, R: Anthony Geffen mit Conrad Anker, Leo Houlding, 94 Min, OV

In 1924, dressed in gabardine and wearing hobnailed boots, British explorer George Mallory risked

everything in pursuit of his dream of reaching the top of Mount Everest. He was seen alive just 800 feet
below the mountain’s peak, before the clouds closed in and he disappeared into legend – Mallory’s death
stunned the world. In 1999, renowned mountaineer Conrad Anker discovered Mallory’s frozen body high
in the mountain’s “death zone” and his life became intertwined with Mallory’s story. Remarkably all
Mallory’s belongings were found intact on his body. The only thing missing was a photograph of his wife,
Ruth, which Mallory had promised to place on the summit if he succeeded. Haunted by the story, Anker
returns to Everest to solve the enduring mystery surrounding the ill-fated expedition and the
disappearance of one of the world’s greatest explorers.
The Wildest Dream is a story of obsession and breath-taking adventure, told through the explorer’s
poignant and evocative correspondence with his wife using previously unseen photos and archive
footage. Anker and British rock-climbing prodigy Leo Houlding embark on their own quest to conquer
Everest following the original North East Ridge route taken by Mallory in 1924 to discover whether
George Mallory and fellow climber Andrew “Sandy” Irvine could have reached the summit. In their
attempt they must free climbing the infamous Second Step, a 90 foot sheer rock wall, just as Mallory and
Irvine would have had to do eight decades earlier.
Liam Neeson narrates, with featured voices Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Hugh Dancy and
Alan Rickman.The music is composed by Joel Douek and recorded by the Prague Philharmonic
Orchestra.

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