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Article: German film to showcase the natural beauty of Pak's Nanga Parbat

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August 29, 2008
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Muzafarrabad (PoK), Aug. 29 -- To showcase the natural beauty and the adventurism of Pakistan's Northern Areas (NA), a German team has announced a produce a film based on a true story of two brothers who climbed up the mountain, the night highest in the country, but one of them died while coming down.

The surviving brother has been offered a role in the film. To be made in German language, the film is expected to be completed by June next year.

Film director Joseph Vilsmaier and famous climber Reinhold Messner said they would produce the film for the world cinema, highlighting the world's fastest-growing mountain and the ...

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