Scream of Stone
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Scream of Stone | |
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Directed by | Werner Herzog |
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Cinematography | Rainer Klausmann |
Edited by | Suzanne Baron |
Release date | 1991 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
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Language | English |
Scream of Stone (German: Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein) is a 1991 film directed by Werner Herzog about a climbing expedition on Cerro Torre. The film was shot on location at Cerro Torre, with several scenes filmed close to the summit.
Plot
Two champion climbers, young Martin and experienced Roger, compete to be the first to conquer a daunting snow-covered peak.[1][2]
Production
The film is based on the history of the supposed first conquest of the summit of Cerro Torre in 1959, by the Italian climber Cesare Maestri and his partner, the Austrian Toni Egger, who died during the descent. Cerro Torre is known as one of the most difficult climb in the world due to difficult weather conditions and lack of clear ascent route. Maestri's claim was later challenged as he failed to give substantial proofs on reaching the summit.[3]
The script was written principally by longtime Herzog production manager Walter Saxer, based on an idea from mountaineer Reinhold Messner, whom Herzog had worked with in his documentary The Dark Glow of the Mountains. Herzog, usually an author of screenplays to his films, believed that the script was weak, especially the dialogue, and event commented that he didn't not consider Scream of Stone to be his film. Still, he praised some mountain climbing sequences of the film as 'the most impressive thing you can see on screen, much more <...> than anything in a Hollywood blockbuster', because Stefan Glowacz climbed the mountain in single takes without safety lines.[4]
Trivia
- In the 52nd minute there is an Akira Kurosawa Ran movie poster on the white wall.
References
- ^ "Scream of Stone". Variety. 1990-12-31. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ Hegnsvad 2021.
- ^ Prager 1991.
- ^ Cronin 2014.
Sources
- Prager, Brad (2011). The Cinema of Werner Herzog: Aesthetic Ecstasy and Truth. New York: Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-0-231-50213-9.
- Cronin, Paul (2014). Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin. Faber & Faber.
- Hegnsvad, Kristoffer (2021). Werner Herzog: Ecstatic Truth and Other Useless Conquests. Reaktion Books.
External links
- 1991 films
- 1990s adventure drama films
- German adventure drama films
- English-language German films
- Mountaineering films
- Films directed by Werner Herzog
- Films set in Argentina
- Films set in Chile
- Films shot in Argentina
- Films shot in Chile
- 1991 drama films
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s German films
- English-language adventure drama films
- Adventure film stubs