Overview
On July 11, 1961, a rope team of seven men—led by the Italian Walter Bonatti and the Frenchman Pierre Mazeaud—set out to scale the Frêney Pillar on the south face of Mont Blanc. After days of grueling effort—and just as they were nearing their goal—they were trapped by a violent storm. Stranded at an altitude of over 4,500 meters in temperatures of minus 20 degrees, the seven climbers were forced to bivouac in hellish conditions. Exhausted, spent, and with one of their number injured, they displayed extraordinary solidarity, exemplary courage, and a determination that commands respect right to the very end. Yet the mountain proved cruel. Lost in fog, blinded by the darkness, and gripped by the cold, four of the seven climbers perished from exhaustion after a perilous five-day, five-night ordeal in hell. Only three made it down alive, including the Italian Walter Bonatti and the Frenchman Pierre Mazeaud.
Director and cast
More films
Touching the Void (2003)
Action · Adventure · Documentary · Drama · R
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Cast
- Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall
Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell (2013)
Adventure · Documentary · Unrated
Movie about David Lama climbing the Patagonian mountain Cerro Torre for the first time free, a mountain that has been dubbed the most difficult to climb in the world.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Director
- Thomas Dirnhofer
- Cast
- David Lama, Peter Ortner, Toni Ponholzer
Marco Étoile Filante (2008)
Action · Documentary · Drama · N/A
Avid for steep slopes, Marco Siffredi (1979-2002) obeys only one rule: not to fall. This gifted kid with hair sometimes blond peroxidized, green or blue clashed in his valley: Chamonix, mecca of mountaineering. His thing was to go up and down on a snowboard. . 90 minutes September 8, 2002, altitude 8848 meters, rare oxygen, his head al...
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Cast
- Marco Siffredi, Bertrand Delapierre, Russell Brice
The Slopes of Triglav (1932)
Drama · Romance
Miha invites his fiancée Minka to the dance, but he's tempted by another big desire of his - climbing. Frustrated Minka insists on the festivity, where she finds herself in a company of older hiker. However, all ends happily, as Minka and Miha, after many smaller adventures, meet at the top of Mount Triglav, where they sign the marriag...
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Director
- Ferdo Delak
- Cast
- Miha Potočnik, Pavla Marinko, Milka Badjura
Stars at Noon (1959)
Adventure · Documentary · N/A
Les Etoiles de Midi is an engaging docudrama about some of the more spectacular exploits of French mountain climbers over the last several decades. In one re-enacted story, there is a wartime escape through the mountains, and in another, a daring rescue of a pair of climbers who had been missing. The actors themselves are adept at the ...
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Director
- Jacques Ertaud, Marcel Ichac
- Cast
- Lionel Terray, Roger Blin, Michel Vaucher
Comments
Talk about the film with other members