Anatomy of a First (1966)

10.0/10 • 32 min • Documentary Adventure

Overview

In February 1966, Pierre Mazeaud and Lucien Berardini traveled to the Atakor massif, in the Hoggar mountain range of the Sahara in southern Algeria. There, they attempted a challenging first ascent: the Takouba spur, one of the peaks adjacent to Garet El Djenoun, a legendary mountain in the Hoggar massif, first climbed by Roger Frison-Roche and Raymond Coche in 1935. The documentary, superbly filmed by Jacques Ertaud, won the Grand Prize at the Trento International Mountain Film Festival in 1966.

Cast

Lucien Bérardini

Self

Pierre Mazeaud

Self

René Vernadet

Self

Jacques Ertaud

Self

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