Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight rescue of a British couple trapped on the famous mountain. Irving Allen shot footage for this documentary while filming his feature film 'High Conquest'. Filmed in Ansocolor, the documentary won the Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1947.

Lost on Everest
2020
7.6/10

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
2021
7.4/10

Valley Uprising
2014
7.7/10

Mountain
2017
6.9/10

The Dawn Wall
2017
8.0/10

Free Solo
2018
7.9/10

Meru
2015
7.4/10

Everest
1998
6.6/10

Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
2019
7.6/10

Alone in the Wilderness
2004
7.9/10

The Alpinist
2021
7.8/10

180° South
2010
7.3/10

Milli Vanilli
2023
7.1/10

Night Will Fall
2014
7.6/10

Sherpa
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7.5/10

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
7.2/10

This Place Rules
2022
7.0/10

The Class of ‘92
2013
7.1/10

Powaqqatsi
1988
7.3/10

Deliver Us from Evil
2006
7.1/10
Warren Harding - Recollections of the First Ascent of El Capitan in Yosemity Valley
2011
10/10