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North Face

2008 · 126 min · Director: Philipp Stölzl ★ IMDb 7.4 · 17,274 ratings

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Based on a true story, North Face is a survival drama film about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. Set in 1936, as Nazi propaganda urges the nation's Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed North Face of the Swiss massif--the Eiger--two reluctant German climbers begin their daring ascent.

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North Face (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 30%, Excitement 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Awe
20%Fear
  1. Awe30%
  2. Fear20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Excitement, Fear. Genres: Drama, Adventure, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Excitement and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Anticipation

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Empathy
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Anticipation38 %27 %10 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Anticipation36 %23 %14 %6 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Anticipation34 %21 %20 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Anticipation34 %23 %19 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Anticipation39 %25 %14 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Anticipation43 %30 %16 %3 %
32.5 %≈ 41′Anticipation45 %36 %23 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 47′Anticipation51 %46 %24 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Tension54 %51 %21 %4 %
47.5 %≈ 60′Tension55 %51 %28 %13 %
52.5 %≈ 66′Tension65 %61 %45 %33 %
57.5 %≈ 72′Tension75 %74 %55 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 79′Tension76 %75 %55 %34 %
67.5 %≈ 85′Tension78 %75 %57 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 91′Tension84 %83 %65 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 98′Tension89 %85 %75 %61 %
82.5 %≈ 104′Empathy89 %83 %80 %65 %
87.5 %≈ 110′Tension91 %80 %81 %70 %
92.5 %≈ 117′Sadness78 %58 %65 %66 %
97.5 %≈ 123′Sadness52 %28 %35 %43 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Benno Fürmann

Toni Kurz

FL
Florian Lukas

Andreas Hinterstoisser

Georg Friedrich

Edi Rainer

Simon Schwarz

Willy Angerer

Ulrich Tukur

Henry Arau

ES
Erwin Steinhauer

Emil Landauer

BS
Branko Samarovski

Albert von Allmen

PM
Petra Morzé

Elisabeth Landauer

HM
Hanspeter Müller

Schlunegger

PZ
Peter Zumstein

Adolf Rubi

MS
Martin Schick

Christian Rubi

EM
Erni Mangold

Grossmutter Kurz

JT
Johannes Thanheiser

Grossvater Kurz

AS
Arnd Schimkat

Hotelbesitzer

KO
Klaus Ofczarek

Redaktionsleiter

MB
Martin Brambach

Redakteur Henze

PF
Peter Faerber

Spiess

TO
Tobias Ofenbauer

Reporter

HS
Hartmut Scheyhing

Reporter

Details

Directed by
Philipp Stölzl
Written by
Philipp Stölzl, Chris Silber, Rupert Henning, Chris Silber, Johannes Naber, Benedikt Röskau
Type
Movies
Released
2008
Runtime
126 min
Country
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 17,274 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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