Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner

Actor · Director · Writer

Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy
September 17, 1944

Biography

Reinhold Messner, born September 17, 1944 in Bressanone/Brixen in South Tyrol, is a German-speaking Italian mountaineer, considered by many to be one of the best of the 20th century. A great defender of the alpine style and destroyer of the expedition style, he is notably known for having made the first ascent of Everest without oxygen supply with Peter Habeler, in May 1978, and was the first to have climbed the fourteen peaks more 8,000 meters in 1986.

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Reinhold Messner 1
Reinhold Messner 2

Representative Works

Tempting Fate
Tempting Fate
No Rating Yet
/ English
Everest Unmasked
Everest Unmasked
7.0
/ English
The Alpinist
The Alpinist
7.8
/ English
Don Whillans - Myth and Legend
Don Whillans - Myth and Legend
No Rating Yet
/ English
Niemanns Zeit
Niemanns Zeit
8.0
/ German
Scream of Stone
Scream of Stone
6.3
/ English
Jurek
Jurek
7.2
/ Polish
Messner
Messner
6.4
/ German
Kukuczka
Kukuczka
10.0
/ Italian

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Tempting Fate
1997Nominee

Best Performance

Tempting Fate

Everest Unmasked
1979Nominee

Best Performance

Everest Unmasked

The Alpinist
2021Winner

Best Performance

The Alpinist

Career Highlights

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
2021Highlight

Best Performance

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

Don Whillans - Myth and Legend
2006Highlight

Best Performance

Don Whillans - Myth and Legend