Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe’s Mount Everest Drama ‘Tenzing’ to Open Zurich Film Festival

Jennifer Peedom’s Everest drama “Tenzing,” starring Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe, will open the 22nd Zurich Film Festival on Sept. 24. Hiddleston, Dafoe and Peedom will be on the green carpet in Zurich for the European premiere of the Apple Original Films production, which follows the first ascent of Mount Everest.

Jennifer Peedom's film tells the true story of Himalayan Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who together with Edmund Hillary (Hiddleston), became the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Mount Everest thriller Tenzing, starring Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe, is set to open the 22nd edition of the Zurich Film Festival on September 24.  The Apple Original Films project, which is directed by Jennifer Peedom (Sherpa, Mountain), is based on a true story of Tenzing Norgay, played by Genden Phuntsok, a gift