Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes

Dec 2, 2015

★ 10.0

Overview

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

MC4

Montagne TV

France 3

INA

Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes Trailers

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Gaston Rébuffat

Self (archive footage)

Christophe Profit

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Marc Boivin

Self (archive footage)

Patrick Berhault

Self (archive footage)

Eric Escoffier

Self (archive footage)

Gary Hemming

Self (archive footage)

Catherine Destivelle

Self (archive footage)

Patrick Vallençant

Self

Patrick Gabarrou

Self (archive footage)

Walter Bonatti

Self (archive footage)

René Desmaison

Self (archive footage)

Lionel Terray

Account of the first French expedition to the Himalayas, which attempted to climb the hidden peak (Gasherbrum I) in 1936, from the preparations for the trip to the end of the ascent. After a long approach walk through quasi-desert regions, then on a huge glacier, the caravan of 700 porters arrives at the foot of Hidden Peak. The expedition was led by Henry de Ségogne, with Jean Charignon, Pierre Allain, Raymond Leininger, Jean Carle, Jean Deudon, Louis Neltner, Jacques Azémar, doctor Jeand Arlaud and director Marcel Ichac. Weather conditions, logistical problems and a strike among Sherpas forced the team to retire at 6900m on the south face. The film received the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1938.

6.0

Fine Lines

Dec 6, 2019

For nearly three years, director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class mountain climbing athletes, listening to what compels them to leave behind families, friends, and everyday comforts to risk everything for a fleeting glimpse into the unknown. What she found was a tribe, a diverse group of professional adventurers and amateur philosophers forged by the ultimate test of body, mind, and spirit. In the face of shifting winds, sheer granite cliffs, and impossible odds, they climb. Each for their own reason, but every one connected by the vertical world. In this rarefied air, these athletes are fundamentally changed, not just as climbers, but as human beings.

10.0

Refuges

Jan 1, 1963

No overview available.

10.0

Bravo Marcel

Oct 21, 2022

No overview available.

6.6

Everest

Mar 6, 1998

An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizzard.

5.2

Specimen

Jan 1, 2006

No overview available.

8.0

Cannibals and Crampons

Mar 20, 2002

The explorers Bruce Parry and Mark Anstice climb the remote and little known mountain Puncak Mandala in the Indonesian part of New Guinea. They have to cross remote jungles, climb icy cliffs and navigate the curiosity and fear of indigenous peoples in order to get to the top.

10.0

White Winter

Dec 27, 2022

In southern Germany, winter can still be admired in all its glory every year. With its white coat of snow and icicles and myriads of small crystals that look like geometric works of art. In the valleys and on the slopes the snow is still so thick every year that the alpine huts are snowed in up to the windows. Cows and dairymen are safe in their farms at lower altitudes. But not the wild creatures of the mountains! They need strategies to survive the cold season and to defy snow masses, cold and ice. And some seem to do it so easily that they even raise their young in the middle of winter. But how do animals, plants and fungi cope with the annually recurring ice age, which from our perspective is a time of need? The many adaptations in nature prove that winter is an integral part of the natural cycle of the year and the living environment of species. They are adapted to cold and frost. That is why the animals and plants at the edge of the Alps suffer particularly from climate change!

10.0

Generation Dry

Jan 1, 2016

It is a fact that our winters are less and less cold. Therefore it is harder and harder to get the conditions for ice-climbing. Fortunately, man adapts to his environment and makes progress: this is how dry-tooling was born. This movie will make you discover this discipline: its history, its evolution and the current practice. You will also see how much excitement dry tooling can bring. Dry-tooling now allows to free-climb some routes which were impossible to climb without aid in the past.

7.5

Touching the Void

Sep 5, 2003

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

10.0

Verdon Vertical Mile

May 6, 2020

No overview available.

10.0

Grimpeurs

May 8, 2015

In 1961 the southern face of the Central Pillar of Mont Blanc was still unclimbed. Two roped parties of climbers decided to come together to attempt to open a new route. Four days of violent storms caught the climbers just 80 metres from the summit. Of the seven climbers, only three returned home. One of the most intense and dramatic events in the history of climbing relives on the big screen, thanks to accounts and images of the feat.

0.0

Trinité

Feb 8, 1988

No overview available.

7.7

The Alpinist

Feb 7, 2021

Marc-André Leclerc, an exceptional climber, has made solo his religion and ice his homeland. When filmmaker Peter Mortimer begins his film, he places his camera at the base of a British Columbia cliff and waits patiently for the star climber to come down to answer his questions. Marc André, a little uncomfortable, prefers to return to the depths of the forest where he lives in a tent with his girlfriend Brette Harrington. In the heart of winter, Peter films vertiginous solos on fragile ice. He tries to make appointments with the climber who is never there and does not seem really concerned by this camera pointed at him "For me, it would not be a solo if there was someone else" . Marc-André is thus, the "pure light" of the mountaineers of his time, which marvel Barry Blanchard, Alex Honnold or Reinhold Messner, interviewed in the film. An event film for an extraordinary character.

10.0

Annapurna III - Unclimbed

Dec 21, 2017

“Annapurna III – Unclimbed” is an award-winning 12-min documentary featuring the 2016 expedition to the Himalayas of Nepal led by David Lama together with Austrian alpinists Hansjörg Auer and Alex Blümel. Join the team in their feelings of fatigue, anxiety, exposure and ordeal during their 5 weeks attempting one of the world’s greatest, unsolved puzzles of alpinism: The unclimbed south-east ridge of Annapurna III.

6.1

Progression

Jan 1, 2009

Behind every breakthrough in the progression of climbing, there's a true story of doubt and determination, perseverance in the face of failure. From boulders, to big walls, to competition podiums, the climbers at the top of the game share a commitment to do whatever it takes to achieve their vision.

10.0

Rêves de Neige

Jan 1, 1960

No overview available.

7.9

Reel Rock 8

Sep 19, 2013

The latest groundbreaking films from Big Up Productions and Sender Films. Featuring Yuji Harayama, Daniel Woods, Hazel Findlay, Emily Harrington, Ueli Steck, Simone Moro, Melissa Arnot, Adam Ondra, and Chris Sharma. Action, humor, controversy, and inspiration in some of the most breathtaking places on Earth, including the mysterious spires of Borneo, the towering faces of Morocco, and the thin air of Mt. Everest.

7.3

Reel Rock 6

Sep 1, 2011

The complete 2011 REEL ROCK Film Tour: Six astounding short films covering every style of climbing on the planet. Starring Tommy Caldwell, Dean Potter, "Sketchy" Andy Lewis, Ashima Shiraishi, Will Gadd, Kevin Jorgeson, Corey Richards, Obe Carrion, Sean Leary, Tim Emmett, Simone Moro, Denis Urubko, Hans Florine, The Huber Brothers, and more.

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Gaston Rébuffat

Self (archive footage)

Christophe Profit

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Marc Boivin

Self (archive footage)

Patrick Berhault

Self (archive footage)

Eric Escoffier

Self (archive footage)

Gary Hemming

Self (archive footage)

Catherine Destivelle

Self (archive footage)

Patrick Vallençant

Self

Patrick Gabarrou

Self (archive footage)

Walter Bonatti

Self (archive footage)

René Desmaison

Self (archive footage)

Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes Trailers

Cast

Gaston Rébuffat

Christophe Profit

Jean-Marc Boivin

Patrick Berhault

Eric Escoffier

Gary Hemming

Catherine Destivelle

Patrick Vallençant

Patrick Gabarrou

Walter Bonatti

René Desmaison

Lionel Terray

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Verdon Vertical Mile

Grimpeurs

Trinité

The Alpinist

Annapurna III - Unclimbed

Progression

Rêves de Neige

Reel Rock 8

Reel Rock 6

Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes Trailers

Cast

Gaston Rébuffat

Christophe Profit

Jean-Marc Boivin

Patrick Berhault

Eric Escoffier

Gary Hemming

Catherine Destivelle

Patrick Vallençant

Patrick Gabarrou

Walter Bonatti

René Desmaison

Lionel Terray

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Asgard Jamming

Karakoram

Fine Lines

Refuges

Bravo Marcel

Everest

Specimen

Cannibals and Crampons

White Winter

Generation Dry

Touching the Void

Verdon Vertical Mile

Grimpeurs

Trinité

The Alpinist

Annapurna III - Unclimbed

Progression

Rêves de Neige

Reel Rock 8

Reel Rock 6