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Reinhold Messner

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Reinhold Messner

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Sep 17, 1944 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy

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.

Known For

Acting
2025K2 Chasing ShadowsSelf (archive footage)
2024The Last ExpeditionSelf
2021Sul Tetto del Mondo - Walter Bonatti e Rossana Podestà
202114 Peaks: Nothing Is ImpossibleHimself
2021The AlpinistSelf
2021Nanga Parbat - Mein SchlüsselbergSelf
2020Die große Zinne - 150 Jahre Kletterkunst
2020Meine Achttausender – Reinhold Messner
2019Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf SpurensucheSelf
2019Fine LinesSelf
2019Reinhold Messner - Heimat. Berge. Abenteuer.Self
2019Die große Terra X-ShowSelf
2018Manaslu: Mountain of SoulsSelf
2018The Holy Mountain
2018Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und HollywoodSelf
2018Mount Everest – The Last StepSelf
2018Reinhold Beckmann trifftSelf
2017Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred BeckeySelf
2017Peter Habeler: ... ich will die Welt von oben sehen
2016Denis Urubko - My Own WaySelf (archive footage)
2016Yeti: Myth, Man or Beast?Himself
2016Still Alive - Dramma Sul Monte Kenya
2016Das Erbe der Berge – Reinhold Messners MuseenSelf
2016nacht:sicht
2015Simone Moro, I-ViewSelf
2015KukuczkaSelf
2015Wer weiß denn sowas?Self
2015Messners HimalayaSelf
2014The Dream LineReinhold Messner
2014JurekSelf
2014David Lama - Off Limits on Rock and IceSelf
2014SPIEGEL TV PorträtSelf
2014Der MeisterfälscherSelf
2014ANIXE auf ReisenSelf
2013Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in HellSelf
2013High and Hallowed: Everest 1963Self
2013Reinhold Messner - Il quindicesimo 8000
2013W di WalterSelf
2013StöcklSelf
2012MessnerSelf
2012Walter Bonatti, King of the AlpsReinhold Messner
2012Bergwelten
2012Privat bei …Self
2012BergweltenSelf
2012BergweltenBergsteiger
2011Art of FreedomSelf
2011Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche DuellSelf
2011Was wurde aus...?himself
2010Im Gespräch mit Teddy PodgorskiSelf
2010Musikalische ReiseSelf
2010Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines LebensSelf
2010Talk im Hangar-7Self
2010Landesschau Rheinland-PfalzSelf
2010Erlesenself
2009Riccardo Cassin, 100 Anni - Un secolo di alpinismo passato alla storiaSelf
2009Bergheimat
2008Markus LanzSelf
2008Markus Lanz
2007NachtlinieSelf
2007Inas NachtSelf
2007Messners AlpenSelf
2007Der Sonntags-StammtischSelf
2006Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!Self
2005G&G – Gesichter und GeschichtenSelf
2005Fröhlich lesenSelf
2005Thadeuszself
2004Leute am Donnerstaghimself
2003Menschen bei MaischbergerSelf
2003Gipfeltreffenself
2002Gero von Boehm begegnet...Self
2002Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartetthimself
2001Là-Haut, Un supplément d'âmeSelf
2001Hart aber fairSelf
2001AeschbacherSelf
2001Weimarer SalonSelf
2000Terra X HistorySelf
2000Menschen der WocheSelf
2000Münchner Runde
2000Abendschauself
1999Everest At Any CostSelf (archive footage)
1999Volle KanneSelf
1999maybrit illnerSelf
1999BeckmannSelf
1999Land der BergeSelf
1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSelf
1998Sabine ChristiansenSelf
1998Alpha ForumSelf
1998Wohnungen der GötterSelf
1998Menschen hautnahSelf
1997Leute heuteSelf
1997Tietjen und BommesSelf
1997Phoenix Rundehimself
1997NachtstudioSelf
1997Im Dialogself
1996RTL-SpendenmarathonSelf
1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelf
1995Kulturzeitself
1994SternstundenSelf
1994The HimalayasSelf
1993Reinhold Messner – Zwischen Himmel und ErdeSelf
1993Kein schöner LandSelf
1992Gaia SymphonySelf
1992RiverboatSelf
1992MorgenmagazinSelf
1992The ClimbersSelf
1991Galahad of EverestSelf
1991DAS!
1991DAS!Self
1990Lhotse - l'anno nero del serpente
1990Romy AwardSelf
1990Through the Homeland of Ice and StormsSelf - Expedition Member / Portrait Subject
1989ZDF-MittagsmagazinSelf
1987NachtcaféSelf
1987live - die ZDF-talkshowSelf
1986Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf
1986ZDF-FernsehgartenSelf
1985The Dark Glow of the MountainSelf
1985Niemanns Zeit - Ein deutscher HeimatfilmHimself
1983LeuteSelf
1982WortwechselSelf
1981Wetten, dass..?Self
1980Verstehen Sie Spaß?Self
1980Heut' abendSelf
1979OkaySelf
1979NDR Talk ShowSelf
1978Everest UnmaskedSelf
19771, 2 oder 3Self
1976Kölner TreffSelf
1976Music & GuestsSelf
1976Litera-TourSelf
1976Club 2Self
19743 nach 9Self
1968Österreich-BildSelf
1963Das aktuelle Sportstudioself
1959Stars in the RingSelf
1948BambiSelf
-Viktor & I: An Alexander Vesely FilmReinhold Messner
-Manaslu - Road to the Mountain, Road to a FriendHimself
-Il Cervino. La montagna perfetta
Directing
2025Still Alive – The Drama on Mount KenyaDirector
2021Nanga Parbat - Mein SchlüsselbergDirector
2020Die große Zinne - 150 Jahre KletterkunstDirector
2019Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf SpurensucheDirector
2018Mount Everest – The Last StepDirector
2012BergweltenDirector
-K2 - La grande controversiaDirector
Writing
2020Meine Achttausender – Reinhold MessnerBook
2019Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf SpurensucheWriter
2018Mount Everest – The Last StepWriter
1991Scream of StoneIdea
Crew
2007Lissi and the Wild EmperorThanks