A fascinating chronology of 100 years of mountain film history in the Alps. This documentary focuses primarily on films shot on the Matterhorn, the Eiger, and the Grandes Jorasses, considered until the 1930s as the "last problems of the Alps," and shows the evolution of mountain filmmaking through numerous excerpts from documentaries and feature films – notably on the Matterhorn in 1901. The genre, appropriated as a means of mass exaltation by "fascist" regimes during the Second World War, was reinvented in the 1950s by Gaston Rebuffat, Marcel Ichac, and Lionel Terray in the Mont Blanc massif, avant-garde figures of French mountain cinema, who reintroduced, beyond performance, the values of the mountains – and in color – poetry, humor, and sharing among people from all walks of life.
Matthias Fanck
Director
Hans-Jürgen Panitz
Director
Kurt Diemberger
Self
Jean Afanassieff
Self
Lothar Brandler
Self
Leo Dickinson
Self
Philipp Stölzl
Self
Gaston Rébuffat
Self (archive footage)
Catherine Destivelle
Self
Patrick Berhault
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Marc Boivin
Self (archive footage)
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
180° South72%
Ronaldo69%
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible73%
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound69%
The Alpinist78%
The Class of ‘9271%
The Age of Stupid65%
Audrey71%
Valley Uprising77%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
Maria by Callas73%
Night Will Fall76%
Directed by John Ford70%
Korengal66%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Love, Antosha74%
For Sama82%
Padomju stāsts73%
42 Up75%
