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  • Starring: Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek
  • Summary: Based on a true story, North Face is a suspenseful adventure film about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. Set in 1936, as Nazi propaganda urges the nation’s Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif — the Eiger — two reluctant German climbers begin their daring ascent. (Music Box Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Betsy Sharkey
    90
    This is a film done right by just about every measure. The extremes of the story seep deep into your bones -- the beauty, the allure, the desperation and especially the cold in this world where life literally hangs on rope and what Mother Nature chooses to throw at you.
  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    88
    This white-knuckle adventure is a literal and metaphoric cliff-hanger that gets a spectacular foothold on an unforgiving mountain.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    60
    All the retroactively enlightened symbolism gets monotonous, and reaches an absurd apex with the introduction of a party-line newspaperman played by that scowling emblem of Teutonic depravity, Ulrich Tukur.

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  1. tjh
    9
    This is a very enjoyable and gripping film. I think the criticism of the politics is silly--this is a climbing picture, and one you should see on the big screen. It won't be as good on DVD. Is it a great film? No. But, it's very enjoyable.… Expand
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  2. DarthCritic
    9
    Loved it. Recommended it to my friends. Guys will like it, chicks may not. I've been rock climbing (not those fake walls at the gym) and this movie makes you realize how tough it is, especially back before WWII.… Expand
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