Reinhold Messner: movies and TV shows
Reinhold Messner has 154 credits in the archive: 56 films and 98 TV series, from 1948 to 2025. Highest rated: Sabine Christiansen (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2025 · busiest year: 2018 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | K2 Chasing Shadows | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 80 |
| 2025 | Still Alive – The Drama on Mount Kenya | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2024 | The Last Expedition | Self | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 2021 | The Alpinist | Self | Film | 7.8 | 76 |
| 2021 | 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible | Himself | Film | 7.4 | 76 |
| 2021 | Nanga Parbat - Mein Schlüsselberg | Self | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2021 | Nanga Parbat - Mein Schlüsselberg | Film | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 2021 | Sul Tetto del Mondo - Walter Bonatti e Rossana Podestà | Film | 8.0 | 76 | |
| 2020 | Meine Achttausender – Reinhold Messner | TV | — | 75 | |
| 2020 | Meine Achttausender – Reinhold Messner | TV | — | 75 | |
| 2020 | Die große Zinne - 150 Jahre Kletterkunst | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2020 | Die große Zinne - 150 Jahre Kletterkunst | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2019 | Die große Terra X-Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2019 | Reinhold Messner - Heimat. Berge. Abenteuer. | Self | TV | — | 74 |
| 2019 | Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche | Self | Film | 10.0 | 74 |
| 2019 | Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche | Film | 10.0 | 74 | |
| 2019 | Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche | Film | 10.0 | 74 | |
| 2019 | Fine Lines | Self | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 2018 | Reinhold Beckmann trifft | Self | TV | — | 73 |
| 2018 | The Holy Mountain | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2018 | Mount Everest – The Last Step | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2018 | Mount Everest – The Last Step | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2018 | Mount Everest – The Last Step | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2018 | Manaslu: Mountain of Souls | Self | Film | 8.3 | 73 |
| 2018 | Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2017 | Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey | Self | Film | 7.8 | 72 |
| 2017 | Peter Habeler: ... ich will die Welt von oben sehen | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2016 | nacht:sicht | TV | — | 71 | |
| 2016 | Denis Urubko - My Own Way | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 71 |
| 2016 | Das Erbe der Berge – Reinhold Messners Museen | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2016 | Still Alive - Dramma Sul Monte Kenya | Film | 10.0 | 71 | |
| 2016 | Yeti: Myth, Man or Beast? | Himself | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2015 | Wer weiß denn sowas? | Self | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2015 | Simone Moro, I-View | Self | Film | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2015 | Kukuczka | Self | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 2015 | Messners Himalaya | Self | TV | — | 70 |
| 2014 | ANIXE auf Reisen | Self | TV | — | 69 |
| 2014 | SPIEGEL TV Porträt | Self | TV | — | 69 |
| 2014 | Der Meisterfälscher | Self | TV | — | 69 |
| 2014 | Jurek | Self | Film | 7.2 | 69 |
| 2014 | David Lama - Off Limits on Rock and Ice | Self | Film | 10.0 | 69 |
| 2014 | The Dream Line | Reinhold Messner | Film | — | 69 |
| 2013 | Stöckl | Self | TV | — | 68 |
| 2013 | Reinhold Messner - Il quindicesimo 8000 | Film | 10.0 | 68 | |
| 2013 | W di Walter | Self | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 2013 | Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell | Self | Film | 6.6 | 68 |
| 2013 | High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 | Self | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 2012 | Bergwelten | Self | TV | 10.0 | 67 |
| 2012 | Bergwelten | TV | 10.0 | 67 | |
| 2012 | Messner | Self | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 2012 | Walter Bonatti, King of the Alps | Reinhold Messner | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 2012 | Privat bei … | Self | TV | — | 67 |
| 2011 | Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell | Self | TV | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2011 | Was wurde aus...? | himself | TV | — | 66 |
| 2011 | Art of Freedom | Self | Film | 9.2 | 66 |
| 2010 | Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz | Self | TV | — | 65 |
| 2010 | Talk im Hangar-7 | Self | TV | — | 65 |
| 2010 | Erlesen | self | TV | — | 65 |
| 2010 | Musikalische Reise | Self | TV | — | 65 |
| 2010 | Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski | Self | TV | — | 65 |
| 2010 | Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens | Self | TV | — | 65 |
| 2009 | Bergheimat | TV | — | 64 | |
| 2009 | Riccardo Cassin, 100 Anni - Un secolo di alpinismo passato alla storia | Self | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 2008 | Markus Lanz | Self | TV | 5.5 | 63 |
| 2008 | Markus Lanz | TV | 5.5 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Inas Nacht | Self | TV | 7.8 | 62 |
| 2007 | Der Sonntags-Stammtisch | Self | TV | — | 62 |
| 2007 | Nachtlinie | Self | TV | — | 62 |
| 2007 | Lissi and the Wild Emperor | Film | 5.9 | 62 | |
| 2007 | Messners Alpen | Self | TV | — | 62 |
| 2006 | Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! | Self | TV | 2.0 | 61 |
| 2005 | G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten | Self | TV | 4.0 | 60 |
| 2005 | Thadeusz | self | TV | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2005 | Fröhlich lesen | Self | TV | — | 60 |
| 2004 | Leute am Donnerstag | himself | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2003 | Menschen bei Maischberger | Self | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 2003 | Gipfeltreffen | self | TV | — | 58 |
| 2002 | Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett | himself | TV | — | 57 |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet... | Self | TV | — | 57 |
| 2001 | Aeschbacher | Self | TV | — | 56 |
| 2001 | Hart aber fair | Self | TV | 5.0 | 56 |
| 2001 | Weimarer Salon | Self | TV | — | 56 |
| 2001 | Là-Haut, Un supplément d'âme | Self | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 2000 | Abendschau | self | TV | 4.3 | 55 |
| 2000 | Terra X History | Self | TV | 6.8 | 55 |
| 2000 | Münchner Runde | TV | — | 55 | |
| 2000 | Menschen der Woche | Self | TV | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1999 | Volle Kanne | Self | TV | 4.4 | 54 |
| 1999 | maybrit illner | Self | TV | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1999 | Beckmann | Self | TV | 4.3 | 54 |
| 1999 | NZZ Standpunkte | Self | TV | — | 54 |
| 1999 | Land der Berge | Self | TV | — | 54 |
| 1999 | Everest At Any Cost | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1998 | Alpha Forum | Self | TV | — | 53 |
| 1998 | The Johannes B. Kerner Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1998 | Sabine Christiansen | Self | TV | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1998 | Österreich-Bild | Self | TV | — | 53 |
| 1998 | Menschen hautnah | Self | TV | — | 53 |
| 1998 | Wohnungen der Götter | Self | TV | — | 53 |
| 1997 | Leute heute | Self | TV | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1997 | Phoenix Runde | himself | TV | — | 52 |
| 1997 | Nachtstudio | Self | TV | — | 52 |
| 1997 | Tietjen und Bommes | Self | TV | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1997 | Im Dialog | self | TV | — | 52 |
| 1996 | RTL-Spendenmarathon | Self | TV | — | 51 |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1995 | Kulturzeit | self | TV | 4.7 | 50 |
| 1994 | Sternstunden | Self | TV | — | 49 |
| 1994 | The Himalayas | Self | TV | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1993 | Kein schöner Land | Self | TV | — | 48 |
| 1993 | Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears | self (archive footage) | Film | — | 48 |
| 1993 | Reinhold Messner – Zwischen Himmel und Erde | Self | TV | — | 48 |
| 1992 | Morgenmagazin | Self | TV | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1992 | Riverboat | Self | TV | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1992 | The Climbers | Self | TV | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1992 | Gaia Symphony | Self | TV | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1991 | DAS! | TV | 4.7 | 46 | |
| 1991 | DAS! | Self | TV | 4.7 | 46 |
| 1991 | Scream of Stone | Film | 6.3 | 46 | |
| 1991 | Galahad of Everest | Self | Film | 8.7 | 46 |
| 1990 | Romy Award | Self | TV | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1990 | Lhotse - l'anno nero del serpente | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1990 | Through the Homeland of Ice and Storms | Self - Expedition Member / Portrait Subject | TV | — | 45 |
| 1990 | Through the Homeland of Ice and Storms | TV | — | 45 | |
| 1989 | ZDF-Mittagsmagazin | Self | TV | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1987 | Nachtcafé | Self | TV | 4.7 | 42 |
| 1987 | live - die ZDF-talkshow | Self | TV | — | 42 |
| 1986 | ZDF-Fernsehgarten | Self | TV | 2.8 | 41 |
| 1986 | Portrait: Werner Herzog | Self | Film | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1985 | Niemanns Zeit | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1985 | The Dark Glow of the Mountains | Self | Film | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1985 | The Dark Glow of the Mountains | Film | 7.6 | 40 | |
| 1983 | Leute | Self | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1982 | Wortwechsel | Self | TV | — | 37 |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1980 | Heut' abend | Self | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1980 | Verstehen Sie Spaß? | Self | TV | 4.7 | 35 |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1979 | Okay | Self | TV | — | 34 |
| 1979 | Everest Unmasked | Self | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1979 | Everest Unmasked | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1977 | 1, 2 oder 3 | Self | TV | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1976 | Kölner Treff | Self | TV | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1976 | Litera-Tour | Self | TV | — | 31 |
| 1976 | Club 2 | Self | TV | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1976 | Music & Guests | Self | TV | — | 31 |
| 1974 | 3 nach 9 | Self | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1963 | Das aktuelle Sportstudio | self | TV | 10.0 | 18 |
| 1959 | Stars in the Ring | Self | TV | 5.3 | 14 |
| 1948 | Bambi | Self | TV | 9.0 | 3 |
| Viktor & I: An Alexander Vesely Film | Reinhold Messner | Film | — | — | |
| Il Cervino. La montagna perfetta | Film | — | — | ||
| K2 - La grande controversia | Film | 7.5 | — | ||
| Manaslu - Road to the Mountain, Road to a Friend | Himself | Film | — | — |