Autour d'un Film de Montagne (1944)

10.0/10 20 min Documentary

Overview

Making of the cinematographic shooting of "Premier de Cordée" directed by Louis Daquin in the Mont-Blanc massif. In 1943. Alain Pol films the risky adventure of filming in the high mountains with a team of seventy people. The images of the making-of reveal the technical constraints encountered by the actors and technicians: falling rocks, crossing glaciers and long approach walks at altitude to the filming locations. Six actors and technicians will also be injured and the main role - that of Pierre - will be reassigned to André Le Gall following a bad fall by Roger Pigaut.

Cast

Yves Furet

Narrator

Irène Corday

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André Le Gall

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Maurice Baquet

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Jacques Dufilho

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Louis Daquin

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Philippe Agostini

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