In 1913, Czech skiing champion Bohumil Hanč perseveres alone in a fierce snowstorm during a race, collapses from exhaustion and exposure, and is found by his friend Emerich Rath, who risks his own life in a desperate rescue attempt. Tragically, Hanč succumbs to the elements, and shortly after his friend Václav Vrbata, who lent Hanč his coat, also perishes in the blizzard.

Bohumil Hanč

Slávka Hančová

Emerich Rath

Emerich Rath

Václav Vrbata

Jan Buchar

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Josef Rössler-Ořovský

Oswald Bartel

Josef Feistauer

Karel Jarolímek

Josef Scheiner
March 24, 2022

Bohumil Hanč

Slávka Hančová

Emerich Rath

Emerich Rath

Václav Vrbata

Jan Buchar

správce Fučíkovy chaty

Josef Rössler-Ořovský

Oswald Bartel

Josef Feistauer

Karel Jarolímek

Josef Scheiner
