North Face is a fantastic drama, man fighting against all odds and an unforgiving nature, based on a true story. Production and acting, everything is just excellent and gripping. There is only one but rather issue I got with this movie - the implementation of the role of Luise Fellner, which is completely fictional, and in my opinion, that role (well played, but nonetheless) is not only unnecessary but ends up in some real kitsch in the end (I hear the producer: we need some female lead heroin!). Anyway, the by far greatest part of the movie is a fine drama set in to the wonderful landscape of the Alps. North Face: still better than most movies of that kind of movies.