The Spider: A Climber of the Century
82 minutes | documentary
Slovakia
2018
The Spider: The climber of the century
A portrait of the controversial personality of Slovak mountaineering Pavel Pochylý (1945 - 2000) nicknamed Pavúk. He followed the credo that the impossible is just one option. His life story is still breathtaking. He lived in the golden age of mountaineering. The fact that the space for performances and problem solving in the Tatras has narrowed down can be largely due to Pochylý. He solved all the most important challenges of the steep Tatra walls, thus indelibly inscribed in the history of Slovak mountaineering. He conquered every challenging wall with the most difficult climbing ascent. The only problem, however, was himself.
produced | ATTACK FILM
coproduced | RTVS - Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska
directed by | Ľubomír Ján Slivka
director of photography | Laco Kraus
producer | Katarína Vanžurová
starring | Ján Ďurana, Rudolf Hajdučík, Pavol Jackovič, Katarína Gromová, Eugen Gindl
edited by | Oliver Greško
sound | Eduard Grečnár
premiere | 19.06.2018