Recommended Film: Broad Peak.
Recommended Film. Drama. Leszek Dawid. Ireneusz Czop.Lukasz Simlat. Maciej Berbeka. Maja Ostaszewska.
In 1988 the Polish mountaineer Maciej Berbeka was persuaded to climb the Karakoram Mountain of BROAD PEAK, a harrowing experience that he barely survived. Years later, Berbeka discovered that his journey to the mountain’s summit had been incomplete so, in 2013, exactly 25 after his first attempt to climb Broad Peak, he decided to finish what he had started.
As someone who gets vertigo in thick socks, I found Leszek Dawid’s film Broad Peak to be visually impressive, tense, gripping and involving. Ireneusz Czop’s stoic performance as Berbeka, lynchpins the tightly-told-tale, but the small supporting cast - including the ever-excellent Lukasz Simlat - are also impressive.
Broad Peak is well-worth checking out, preferably with a glass or two of mulled-wine, or a mug of hot chocolate. Recommended, of course.