Messner (2012) - The A.V. Club

Cast

Reinhold Messner (Self)Maxime Belleville (Hans Kammerlander)Maurice Cretton (Self)Paul Faller (Pfarrer)Manael Garnier (Hüttenwart)Friedl Kreckl (Bayerischer Bergsteiger #2)Patrik Mantinger (Günther Messner als Kind)Philipp Mantinger (Reinhold Messner als Kind)Aaron Messner (Günther Messner als Jugendlicher)Gabriel Messner (Reinhold Messner als Jugendlicher)Georges Moreira (Bergführer-Ausbilder #2)Hubert Niederwolfsgruber (Vater Messner)Francois Palandre (Bergführer-Ausbilder #1)Florian Riegler (Reinhold Messner)Martin Riegler (Günther Messner)Brunhilde Schatzer (Mutter Messner)Valentina Schatzer (Waltraud)Ralf Strassberger (Bayerischer Bergsteiger #1)

Director

Andreas Nickel

Synopsis

Feature documentary about mountaineering icon Reinhold Messner and how he became what he is. This film is as much about his personality as it is about his extraordinary exploits - the psycho-gram of a controversial mountaineer.