Looking Beyond the Pass

Anna is a young Russian university student who spends every minute of her life pouring over books and hiding from society. One fateful day in August 1958, her studious attitude is instantly disrupted when she meets a handsome athlete named Rustem. With one look, Anna falls head over heels in love. Being around him causes Anna’s no nonsense demeanor to fade away as their romance blossoms. In January 1959, Rustem sets out on a cross country skiing/hiking expedition, led by Igor Dyatlov, to Mount Otorten, which in the language of the local natives ominously means “don’t go there.” On the slopes of Kholat Syakhl, or "mountain of the dead," fate once again intervenes in a way no one could ever imagine.