Word: furrmann
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...Eiger’s other nicknames include Ogre, or more pertinently, the Death Wall. Inexorably drawn to face their greatest challenge yet. The film’s intrepid heroes are the sprightly, fearless Andi Hinterstoisser (Florian Lukas), and his climbing companion, the brooding Toni Kurz (Benno Furrmann). For this duo, to conquer the Eiger’s North Face is to conquer the world. They are cheered on by Luise (Johanna Wokalek), an amateur photographer and their childhood friend, as well as her employer, the deliciously callous Berliner Zeitung reporter Arau (Ulrich Tukur...
...rapport between Lukas and Furrmann is unwaveringly sincere, thus cementing the believability of their friendship. In fact, the acting in the film is uniformly superb, with a particularly outstanding performance from Wokalek, who conveys a seemingly paradoxical blend of timidity and strength...
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