Johanna Wokalek

Visceral German drama based on the true story of two young Bavarian climbers who in July 1936, amid the onslaught of propaganda from the Nazis, attempt to scale the north face of the Eiger - a near-vertical deathtrap, otherwise known as the 'murder wall'.

A bold mixture of action thriller and historical reconstruction, it traces the lifespan of the violent terrorist group that called itself the Red Army Faction and from 1968 into the 90s repeatedly attacked the German establishment...