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Am Limit | |
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Directed by | Pepe Danquart |
Written by | Pepe Danquart |
Produced by | Kirsten Hager Erich Lackner Mirjam Quinte |
Starring | Alexander Huber Thomas Huber Dean Potter Chongo |
Cinematography | Martin Hauslmayr Franz Hinterbrandner Max Reichel Wolfgang Thaler |
Edited by | Mona Bräuer |
Music by | Dorian Cheah Christoph Israel |
Production company | Hager Moss Film |
Distributed by | First Run Features (United States) |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Countries | Germany Austria |
Language | German |
To the Limit (German : Am Limit) is a 2007 German documentary film written and directed by German film director Pepe Danquart, about brothers Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber climbing the El Capitan rock formation in Yosemite National Park. [1]
Year | Film Festival | Award | Category |
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2008 | Bavarian Film Awards | Bavarian Film Award | Best Documentary Film |
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