This entry in the popular German mountain film genre features a real life Olympic climber skillfully scaling snowy Alpine peaks with marvelous views..
You should probably watch The Peak Scaler if you have a soft spot for black and white mountains and people doing very dangerous things with very bad equipment. If you need a fast plot or snappy dialogue to stay awake, stay far away from this one. It’s a movie for people who like to look at the texture of granite. This...
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"You should probably watch The Peak Scaler if you have a soft spot for black and white mountains and people doing very dangerous things with very bad equipment. If you need a fast plot or snappy dialogue to stay awake, stay far away from this one. It’s a movie for people who like to look at the texture of granite. This is part of that whole German mountain movie craze from the thirties. It’s got real climbers, including Franz Schmid, who was an actual Olympic guy. You can tell he knows what he's..."
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