Scream of Stone / The Snows of Kilimanjaro ( Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein ) ( La conquête de la peur )

Scream of Stone / The Snows of Kilimanjaro (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein
Alternate Title: La conquête de la peur
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
223 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1952-1991 and produced in:
Argentina ( Latin America, Mexico )
Canada ( USA, Canada )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Werner Herzog
Henry King

Written By:
Hans-Ulrich Klenner
Walter Saxer
Casey Robinson
Ernest Hemingway

Actors:
Vittorio Mezzogiorno ..... Roccia
Mathilda May ..... Katharina
Stefan Glowacz ..... Martin
Al Waxman ..... Stephen
Gunilla Karlzen ..... Carla
Chavela Vargas ..... Indianerin
Georg Marischka ..... Werbeagent
Volker Prechtel ..... Himalaja-Bezwinger
Hans Kammerlander ..... Bergsteiger
Lautaro Murúa ..... Estanciero
Brad Dourif ..... Fingerless
Donald Sutherland ..... Ivan
Amelie Fried ..... TV-Moderatorin
Werner Herzog ..... TV-Regisseur
Wolfgang Müller
Gregory Peck ..... Harry Street
Susan Hayward ..... Helen
Ava Gardner ..... Cynthia Green
Hildegard Knef ..... Countess Liz (as Hildegarde Neff)
Leo G. Carroll ..... Uncle Bill
Torin Thatcher ..... Johnson
Ava Norring ..... Beatrice (model)
Helene Stanley ..... Connie (Harry's first girl)
Marcel Dalio ..... Emile
Vicente Gómez ..... Guitarist (as Vicente Gomez)
Richard Allan ..... Spanish dancer

Synopsis:

Scream of Stone (1991)
Werner Herzog's cinema of obsession (Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo) has always owed some of its emotional expressionism to the post-World War I genre of German mountain films (The Blue Light, The White Hell of Pitz-Palu), in which German mountain climbers are compelled to scale the heights of dangerous mountain peaks, achieving a form of purification and superiority. It was inevitable that at some point Herzog would tackle a mountain. Finally, with Cerro Torre: Schrei Aus Stein, he does. Donald Sutherland stars as Ivan, a journalist who instigates a rivalry between Roccia (Vittorio Mezzogiorno), a professional mountain climber who has braved the highest mountain peaks in the world, and Martin (Stefan Glowacz), a champion athlete of indoor climbing walls. But Roccia doesn't need a reporter to fuel a rivalry between the two, since Katharina (Mathilda May), Roccia's lover, is attracted to Martin. Ivan arranges for a TV special chronicling the efforts of Roccia, Martin, Katharina, and Ivan to conquer the peak of the unconquered Cerro Torre granite tower in Chile. Roccia keeps postponing the climb until finally Martin heads off to climb Cerro Torre by himself, accompanied only by a television crew. But the result of that journey causes Roccia to avoid the press, while Martin is greeted with skepticism. This unhappy response to their initial attempt causes Ivan, Roccia, Martin, and Katharina to confront the formidable peak again for a final confrontation with the silent mountain.

Ernest Hemingway's The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
In this comic drama about fame, sports, and small-town life, Mystery, Alaska is a small town in one of the least accessible parts of the coldest state in the union. It's a town where everyone knows each other and there isn't much to do. In places like this, small things tend to become very important, and in Mystery, the one thing that keeps everyone sane is hockey. Most of the men of Mystery are obsessive hockey fans, and a local hockey league has sprung up, with pools of neighborhood talent facing off on the ice every week. When a national sports magazine does a story on the hockey fans of Mystery, Alaska, someone at the National Hockey League gets an idea for a publicity stunt: send the New York Rangers to Mystery to play the local all-stars in a nationally televised game. Most of the locals are thrilled; the game will give the people of Mystery a chance to bask in the limelight and make their sleepy town a household word. On the other hand, in a small town where everyone knows everyone else's secrets, this event could cause everyone to start airing their dirty laundry in public, with the whole world watching. Mystery, Alaska was directed by Jay Roach, who enjoyed considerable success with the two Austin Powers films, and stars Russell Crowe as John Biebe, Mary McCormack as his wife Donna, Burt Reynolds as Judge Burns, and Lolita Davidovich as Mary Jane.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 12 December, 2009.