The Climb is a 1986 Canadian-British co-produced adventure drama film, directed by Donald Shebib.
[1] A dramatization of mountaineer Hermann Buhl's 1953 attempt to climb Nanga Parbat, the film stars Bruce Greenwood as Buhl alongside James Hurdle, Kenneth Welsh, Ken Pogue, Thomas Hauff, Guy Bannerman, David James Elliott and Tom Butler as members of his expedition.
The film then received limited theatrical release in Canada and the United States in fall 1987.
[1] The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988, for Best Cinematography (Richard Leiterman) and Best Sound Editing (Robin Leigh, Richard Cadger, Jane Tattersall, Penny Hozy and Peter McBurnie).
[5] Leiterman received the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Feature Award for the film in 1988.