在一次登山运动中,彼得的父亲为了让他成功获救,毅然选择割断绳索,坠崖身亡。由于内心的痛苦阴影,彼得放弃了登山事业,并由此与同是登山运动员的妹妹不欢而散。
妹妹在有一次挑战喜马拉雅山脉西麓高耸入云的K2峰时遇险,全队困在高峰上的岩洞里。由于食物与药物的紧缺,他们的生命岌岌可危。为了营救妹妹,彼得不惜生命危险,再次登上喜马拉雅山,展开与时间的竞赛和对自然极限的挑战。。The setting is Vienna in 1914 before the outbreak of war. The aristocratic and somewhat jaded Prince Nicki, pursued by all the ladies, begins a flirtation with Mitzi, a crippled harpist who works in a suburban wine-garden, and who is in turn idolized by Schani, an uncouth and violently jealous butcher. Their first encounter significantly takes place in front of St. Stephen's Ca...。