Pamir (1928)
A film record of a Soviet expedition to Pamir, not to be confused with Krysha Mira, a different 1928 expedition film also about Pamir, directed by Vladimir Erofeyev, released in USA as Roof Of the World. A pictorial record of the 1928 Russian-German expedition to explore and map an area of the unexplored heart of the Pamirs. During the expedition, three German researchers (E. Allwein, E. Schneider and Karl Wien) made the first attempt to reach the highest point of the Trans-Alai Range, which at that time had the name of the Kaufman Peak (today, Lenin Peak or Ibn Sina). They started climbing upstream of the Saukdara river and continued climbing along the Greater Saukdara Glacier towards the Krilenko Pass at 5820 m. On September 25, 1928 they started climbing from the saddle along the NE Ridge and at 15.30 they made the first ascent of Lenin Peak at an altitude of 7127 m.
- Released
- 1928-02-14
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Vladimir Shnejderov, Vladimir Yerofeyev
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Eugene Allwein as Self
- Erwin Schneider as Self
- Karl Wien as Self
- Willi Rickmer Rickmers as Self
- Nikolay Gorbunov as Self
- Dmitrii Ivanovich Zcherbakov as Self
- Yelena Rosmirovich as Self
- Hans Biersack as Self
- Franz Kohlhaupt as Self
- Alexander Nikolayevich Labunzov as Self
- Richard Finsterwalder as Self
- I. G. Dorofeyev as Self
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