Mount Elbrus: Mysteries of the First Ascent

A documentary film about the first ever ascent of the highest mountain of Europe - Mount Elbrus, which happened in 1829, during the Caucasian War. Despite the war time, an international team of local highlanders, Russian solders and academic scientists managed to reach the goal. The authors of this film have followed the whole ascent route to the summit and verified many facts from the diaries of the first ascensionists.