The Beckoning Silence

• Cast: Andreas Abegglen, Simon Anthamatten, Cyrille Berthod, Steven Mackintosh, Roger Schäli
• Duration: 73 minutes
• Genre: Documentary, Action, Drama
• Rating: 7.5/10
• Release Date: 2007-10-22

In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering's most epic tragedies. As a child, it was this story and that of one of the climbers in particular, that first captured Simpson's imagination and inspired him to take up mountaineering.