Many consider Reinhold Messner a German, some an Austrian or an Italian. Messner is not all this - he is a South Tyrolean. And thus son and citizen of a country between countries and like his country in the heart of Europe itself, he is European through and through. In five episodes REINHOLD portrays Mountains. Adventure. Homeland the land of South Tyrol through the eyes of Reinhold Messner, who turns 75 this year and looks back on a life as spectacular as the mountains that have shaped it. Messner takes us on a journey of discovery. In breathtaking pictures, the panorama of an unparalleled life in and with the mountains unfolds.