Reinhold Messner
Acting·September 17, 1944 — 81 years old·Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy
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
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
2021·7.4
Lissi and the Wild Emperor
2007·5.9
The Alpinist
2021·7.8
Scream of Stone
1991·6.3
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
1985·7.6
Wetten, dass..?
1981·5.4
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995·7.2
Messner
2012·6.4
Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell
2013·6.6
Markus Lanz
2008·5.5
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015·7.6
Portrait: Werner Herzog
1986·7.1
Filmography · 141
—Viktor & I: An Alexander Vesely FilmReinhold Messner—Manaslu - Road to the Mountain, Road to a FriendHimself—Il Cervino. La montagna perfetta—K2 - La grande controversiaDirector2025K2 Chasing ShadowsSelf (archive footage)2025Still Alive – The Drama on Mount KenyaDirector2024The Last ExpeditionSelf202114 Peaks: Nothing Is ImpossibleHimself2021Sul Tetto del Mondo - Walter Bonatti e Rossana Podestà2021Nanga Parbat - Mein SchlüsselbergSelf · Director2021The AlpinistSelf2020Meine Achttausender – Reinhold MessnerTVBook2020Die große Zinne - 150 Jahre KletterkunstDirector2019Fine LinesSelf2019Die große Terra X-ShowTVSelf2019Reinhold Messner - Heimat. Berge. Abenteuer.TVSelf2019Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf SpurensucheSelf · Writer · Director2018Manaslu: Mountain of SoulsSelf2018Reinhold Beckmann trifftTVSelf2018Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und HollywoodSelf2018Mount Everest – The Last StepSelf · Director · Writer2018The Holy Mountain2017Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred BeckeySelf2017Peter Habeler: ... ich will die Welt von oben sehen2016Denis Urubko - My Own WaySelf (archive footage)2016Still Alive - Dramma Sul Monte Kenya2016Yeti: Myth, Man or Beast?Himself2016nacht:sichtTV2016Das Erbe der Berge – Reinhold Messners MuseenSelf2015KukuczkaSelf2015Wer weiß denn sowas?TVSelf2015Messners HimalayaTVSelf2015Simone Moro, I-ViewSelf2014Der MeisterfälscherTVSelf2014SPIEGEL TV PorträtTVSelf2014JurekSelf2014ANIXE auf ReisenTVSelf2014The Dream LineReinhold Messner2014David Lama - Off Limits on Rock and IceSelf2013Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in HellSelf2013High and Hallowed: Everest 1963Self2013W di WalterSelf2013Reinhold Messner - Il quindicesimo 80002013StöcklTVSelf2012MessnerSelf2012Privat bei …TVSelf2012BergweltenTVSelf · Director2012Walter Bonatti, King of the AlpsReinhold Messner2011Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche DuellTVSelf2011Art of FreedomSelf2011Was wurde aus...?TVhimself2010ErlesenTVself2010Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines LebensTVSelf2010Im Gespräch mit Teddy PodgorskiTVSelf2010Landesschau Rheinland-PfalzTVSelf2010Talk im Hangar-7TVSelf2010Musikalische ReiseTVSelf2009BergheimatTV2009Riccardo Cassin, 100 Anni - Un secolo di alpinismo passato alla storiaSelf2008Markus LanzTVSelf2007Messners AlpenTVSelf2007Lissi and the Wild EmperorThanks2007Der Sonntags-StammtischTVSelf2007NachtlinieTVSelf2007Inas NachtTVSelf2006Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!TVSelf2005ThadeuszTVself2005Fröhlich lesenTVSelf2005G&G – Gesichter und GeschichtenTVSelf2004Leute am DonnerstagTVhimself2003Menschen bei MaischbergerTVSelf2003GipfeltreffenTVself2002Gero von Boehm begegnet...TVSelf2002Im Glashaus - Das philosophische QuartettTVhimself2001Là-Haut, Un supplément d'âmeSelf2001Weimarer SalonTVSelf2001Hart aber fairTVSelf2001AeschbacherTVSelf2000Terra X HistoryTVSelf2000Menschen der WocheTVSelf2000AbendschauTVself2000Münchner RundeTV1999maybrit illnerTVSelf1999NZZ StandpunkteTVSelf1999Volle KanneTVSelf1999Land der BergeTVSelf1999BeckmannTVSelf1999Everest At Any CostSelf (archive footage)1998Wohnungen der GötterTVSelf1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowTVSelf1998Alpha ForumTVSelf1998Menschen hautnahTVSelf1998Sabine ChristiansenTVSelf1998Österreich-BildTVSelf1997NachtstudioTVSelf1997Leute heuteTVSelf1997Tietjen und BommesTVSelf1997Im DialogTVself1997Phoenix RundeTVhimself1996RTL-SpendenmarathonTVSelf1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowTVSelf1995KulturzeitTVself1994SternstundenTVSelf1994The HimalayasTVSelf1993Kein schöner LandTVSelf1993Reinhold Messner – Zwischen Himmel und ErdeTVSelf1993Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tearsself (archive footage)1992Gaia SymphonyTVSelf1992MorgenmagazinTVSelf1992RiverboatTVSelf1992The ClimbersTVSelf1991Galahad of EverestSelf1991Scream of StoneIdea1991DAS!TVSelf1990Through the Homeland of Ice and StormsTVSelf - Expedition Member / Portrait Subject · Director of Photography1990Lhotse - l'anno nero del serpente1990Romy AwardTVSelf1989ZDF-MittagsmagazinTVSelf1987live - die ZDF-talkshowTVSelf1987NachtcaféTVSelf1986ZDF-FernsehgartenTVSelf1986Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf1985The Dark Glow of the MountainsSelf · Second Unit Director of Photography1985Niemanns ZeitHimself1983LeuteTVSelf1982WortwechselTVSelf1981Wetten, dass..?TVSelf1980Heut' abendTVSelf1980Verstehen Sie Spaß?TVSelf1979OkayTVSelf1979Everest UnmaskedSelf · Director of Photography1979NDR Talk ShowTVSelf19771, 2 oder 3TVSelf1976Club 2TVSelf1976Music & GuestsTVSelf1976Litera-TourTVSelf1976Kölner TreffTVSelf19743 nach 9TVSelf1963Das aktuelle SportstudioTVself1959Stars in the RingTVSelf1948BambiTVSelf