Through the Unknown

Through the Unknown — Plot

"Verso L'Ignoto" (Towards the Unknown) is an Italian documentary that follows mountaineer Daniele Nardi and his team in their attempt to achieve the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat, an 8,000-meter peak in Pakistan, nicknamed the "killer mountain" due to its exceptional danger. For three years, the camera follows the preparation and several successive expeditions, showing the extreme cold, avalanches, fatigue, and the setbacks that constantly force the climbers to choose between continuing their quest for the summit or preserving their lives. More than just a story of sporting achievement, the documentary highlights doubt, defeat, and human fragility, showing that the "unknown" is not only the mountain, but also the element of risk, desire, and need for self-transcendence that each of us carries within.

• Release date
• March 18, 2016
• Runtime
• 75 min
• Genres
• Adventure, Documentary
• Director
• Federico Santini

Through the Unknown — Cast

Daniele Nardi Self Roberto Delle Monache Self Élisabeth Revol Self Tomasz Mackiewicz Self Álex Txikon Self Muhammad Ali Sadpara Self