In the Shadow of Karakorum [269315] Released: 1955-08-03 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 87 mins Popularity: 0.8919 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 Overview: In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Karakoram Mountains, geographically north of the Himalayas. They come across the Hunza, a people who live in the valley of the same name and believe they are descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. The documentary conveys impressions of the poor life of the Hunza people, the harvest, a court hearing, festivals and the children's everyday school life. Finally, the expedition sets off again and sets up its main camp on the moraine ridge of a glacier, where they measure the glacier and the earth's magnetic field. Finally, some men from the research community set off for a sub-peak of Batura. Cast [15] Ernst Fritz FürbringerSelf - Narrator Otto MelliesSelf - Narrator Mathias RebitschSelf - Expeditio Wolfgang PillewizerSelf - Scientifi Paul BernettSelf - Expeditio Anderl HeckmairSelf - Expeditio Karl HecklerSelf - Expeditio Gerhard KlamertSelf - Expeditio Dolf MeyerSelf - Expeditio Karl Heinz PfaffenSelf - Expeditio Hans-Jochen SchneiderSelf - Expeditio Karl WienertSelf - Expeditio Hans ZeitterSelf - Expeditio Eugen SchuhmacherSelf - Cameraman Martin SchliesslerSelf - Cameraman Trailers