Broad Peak

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Polish Films Competition

Cinematographer: Łukasz Gutt

Director: Leszek Dawid

Producer: Dawid Janicki, Krzysztof Rzączyński, Maciej Rzączyński, Paweł Rymarz

Writer: Łukasz Ludkowski

Production designer: Janusz Mazurczak, Katarzyna Jędrzejczyk

Editor: Maciej Pawliński

Cast: Ireneusz Czop, Łukasz Simlat, Maja Ostaszewska, Piotr Głowacki, Tomasz Sapryk

Production Company: East Studio

Year: 2022

Country: Poland

Time: 93

Date and place:

2022.11.17, 19:45CKK Jordanki - Main Screening Room

In 1988, Maciej Berbeka participates in an expedition of Polish Himalayan mountaineers who want to climb K2, the highest mountain in the Karakoram, in winter. This goal turns out to be unreachable, but another eight-thousander, Broad Peak, is tempting nearby. Although the idea of climbing does not come from Berbeka, it is he who, overcoming extreme hardships, reaches the summit. From there the triumphant news flows to the base camp and to the whole world. Upon his return to the country, Berbeka is greeted like a hero. Then, one day, he comes across a certain newspaper article about his achievement... Broad Peak is a fact-based, epic film about extreme climbing enthusiasts who confront the elements of nature and their own weaknesses in high mountains. It is also, above all, about one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of Polish Himalayan climbing. The story of Maciej Berbeka still raises controversies in the community of mountaineers. The film was shot in the authentic scenery of the Karakoram and in the Swiss, French and Italian Alps.

Polish Films Competition