Summary
Wanda Rutkiewicz is a strong, goal-centered woman who, uninvited, entered the men’s world of high-mountain expeditions. She was the first European woman and the first person from Poland to climb Mount Everest. As the first woman in the world and again the first from Poland she climbed K2 – the most difficult of the eight thousanders. She disappeared in 1992 on Kanchenjunga and her body was never found – did she perish on the mountain, or could she still be alive?
Original version (Polish & English) with french subtitles.
Trailer
Festival highlight
A fascinating account of the life of a complex character, with clever use of archive footage, interviews and present day images.
The screening
