Scream of Stone (1991) ( Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein ) ( Cerro Torre, le cri de la roche (La conquête de la peur) )

Scream of Stone (1991) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein
Alternate Title: Cerro Torre, le cri de la roche (La conquête de la peur)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

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

Directed By:
Werner Herzog

Written By:
Hans-Ulrich Klenner
Walter Saxer

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

Synopsis:

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.

A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing expedition, although he is considered to be the world's best sport climber (having just won an indoor 'world championship,' an event depicted in the opening scene). They plan to climb 'Cerro Torre,' in the Patagonia region of South America, near the Argentinian/Chilean border, one of the world's most difficult mountains, especially considering the extreme weather conditions common to the area. The rivalry among the two men results eventually in the death of their common friend and the stealing of Roger's girlfriend (Katrina) by Martin. In the end the rivalry results in a 'climb against time' in which Martin and Roger each attempt different routes up the mountain in a race to the summit. But they're in for a surprise.

Two mountain climbers and former friends become rivals as they vie for the attention of the same woman, as well as try to scale Cerro Torre, a spectacular granite peak in Southern Patagonia.

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