Filmography

Cesare Maestri

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    Valle della Luce

    Valle della Luce

    Alberto Beltrami (2020)

    Eighty-seven years after the first mountaineering ascent in Valle della Sarca, the film offers an overview of the climbing history of rock faces in the valley, which today attract enthusiasts from all over the world. The narration is entrusted to climbing scenes and interviews with key figures, set against the backdrop of stunning scenery. It is the story of a training ground combining two currents, mountaineering and sports climbing, seeking sometimes equilibrium and sometimes extreme experiences.

    Italy / 48 min

    Valle della Luce

    Alberto Beltrami, Lia Giovanazzi Beltrami

    • 2020
    • Italy
    • 48 min
    Eighty-seven years after the first mountaineering ascent in Valle della Sarca, the film offers an overview of the climbing history of rock faces in the valley, which today attract enthusiasts from all over the world. The narration is entrusted to climbing scenes and interviews with key figures, set against the backdrop of stunning scenery. It is the story of a training ground combining two currents, mountaineering and sports climbing, seeking sometimes equilibrium and sometimes extreme experiences.

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  • Documentary / Historical

    Perdutamente Cerro Torre

    Perdutamente Cerro Torre

    Paola Nessi (2014)

    In addition to being one of the most fascinating mountains in the world, Cerro Torre is also one of the most controversial places in the history of modern climbing. From Cesare Maestri and Toni Egger’s tragic attempts, up to the feat of Casimiro Ferrari, Perdutamente Cerro Torre reorganises the numerous pieces making up an event that has by now become a legend and that remains a source of inspiration for all passionate mountain enthusiasts.

    Italy / 46 min

    Perdutamente Cerro Torre

    Paola Nessi

    • 2014
    • Italy
    • 46 min
    In addition to being one of the most fascinating mountains in the world, Cerro Torre is also one of the most controversial places in the history of modern climbing. From Cesare Maestri and Toni Egger’s tragic attempts, up to the feat of Casimiro Ferrari, Perdutamente Cerro Torre reorganises the numerous pieces making up an event that has by now become a legend and that remains a source of inspiration for all passionate mountain enthusiasts.

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  • Documentary / Portrait

    Vertical Vibes DVD

    Vertical Vibes

    Georg Dehghan (2002)

    Portrait of outdoor photographer Thomas Ulrich (who´s work include photographs and articles for brands such as National Geographic, Patagonia, Northface, Mammut, and many more) and Swiss alpinist Stephan Siegrist. Follow the two mountain guides to various mountain destinations around the globe and learn about their extraordinary relationship. The film features locations such as El Capitan / Yosemite National Park and Cerro Torre / Patagonia. The film includes footage of a huge ice avalanche that crashes down at Cerro Torre while Thomas and Stephan try to push for the summit.

    Germany / 22 min

    Vertical Vibes

    Georg Dehghan

    • 2002
    • Germany
    • 22 min
    Portrait of outdoor photographer Thomas Ulrich (who´s work include photographs and articles for brands such as National Geographic, Patagonia, Northface, Mammut, and many more) and Swiss alpinist Stephan Siegrist. Follow the two mountain guides to various mountain destinations around the globe and learn about their extraordinary relationship. The film features locations such as El Capitan / Yosemite National Park and Cerro Torre / Patagonia. The film includes footage of a huge ice avalanche that crashes down at Cerro Torre while Thomas and Stephan try to push for the summit.

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    Generazioni

    Generazioni

    Emilio Borin (1997)

    Bruno Detassis, Raffaele Carlesso, Cesare Maestri, and Armando Aste are four of the greatest Italian alpinists living who have written pages of mountaineering history in the Dolomites from the 1930s to the 1950s. They speak about their approach to the mountains at a young age and recall their feelings and view of the walls, that influenced their lives as alpinists, when they first set eyes on them, They remember their feats and the relationship between them and the mountains.

    Italy / 27 min

    Generazioni

    Emilio Borin

    • 1997
    • Italy
    • 27 min
    Bruno Detassis, Raffaele Carlesso, Cesare Maestri, and Armando Aste are four of the greatest Italian alpinists living who have written pages of mountaineering history in the Dolomites from the 1930s to the 1950s. They speak about their approach to the mountains at a young age and recall their feelings and view of the walls, that influenced their lives as alpinists, when they first set eyes on them, They remember their feats and the relationship between them and the mountains.

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  • Documentary / Historical

    Rotwand - 100 anni di arrampicata nelle Dolomiti

    Rotwand - 100 anni di arrampicata nelle Dolomiti

    Markus Frings (2010)

    A wall that could not even be more exciting, more beautiful and more dangerous: the Red Wall of the Roda di Vael. The film tells, with the commentary of Reinhold Messner, the most exciting stories about it, reviewing the most incredible sports performances. The original footage from the 1960s is accompanied by reproduced scenes and close-ups of climbing. Climbers such as Christoph Heinz, Erich Abram, Hanspeter Eisendle, Claudio Baldassari, Oswald Ceva report their testimonies, and the Riegler brothers, for the occasion, climb the wall for the umpteenth time, accompanied in their path by cameras fixed to a helicopter.

    Italy / 27 min

    Rotwand - 100 anni di arrampicata nelle Dolomiti

    Markus Frings

    • 2010
    • Italy
    • 27 min
    A wall that could not even be more exciting, more beautiful and more dangerous: the Red Wall of the Roda di Vael. The film tells, with the commentary of Reinhold Messner, the most exciting stories about it, reviewing the most incredible sports performances. The original footage from the 1960s is accompanied by reproduced scenes and close-ups of climbing. Climbers such as Christoph Heinz, Erich Abram, Hanspeter Eisendle, Claudio Baldassari, Oswald Ceva report their testimonies, and the Riegler brothers, for the occasion, climb the wall for the umpteenth time, accompanied in their path by cameras fixed to a helicopter.

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  • Documentary / Historical

    C’è pane per i tuoi denti

    C’è pane per i tuoi denti

    Lorenzo Pevarello (2009)

    50 years later, the Trentino expedition to the Patagonian Andes is remembered: the expediton members were Bruno and Catullo Detassis, Marino Stenico, Cesare Maestri, Luciano Eccher, Cesarino Fava and Tito Lucchini. This mission contributed decisively to open the path of mountaineering exploration in Patagonia. The documentary reconstructs the phases of the expedition, traces a biographical profile of the mountaineers and outlines the social, historical and mountaineering context of the Trentino of fifty years ago.

    Italy / 62 min

    C’è pane per i tuoi denti

    C’è pane per i tuoi denti

    Lorenzo Pevarello, Riccardo Decarli

    • 2009
    • Italy
    • 62 min
    50 years later, the Trentino expedition to the Patagonian Andes is remembered: the expediton members were Bruno and Catullo Detassis, Marino Stenico, Cesare Maestri, Luciano Eccher, Cesarino Fava and Tito Lucchini. This mission contributed decisively to open the path of mountaineering exploration in Patagonia. The documentary reconstructs the phases of the expedition, traces a biographical profile of the mountaineers and outlines the social, historical and mountaineering context of the Trentino of fifty years ago.

    Climbing locations

  • Documentary / Portrait

    Jim Bridwell - The American living legend DVD

    Jim Bridwell - The American living legend

    Michele Radici (2005)

    Jim Bridwell was one of the best rock climbesr of the world in the 70’s.The documentary follows Bridwell’s career from the beginning to the last climbs in 2001.The film presents also some of his climbing partners, such as Leo Houlding and Ron Kauk.

    Italy / 54 min

    Jim Bridwell - The American living legend

    Michele Radici

    • 2005
    • Italy
    • 54 min
    Jim Bridwell was one of the best rock climbesr of the world in the 70’s.The documentary follows Bridwell’s career from the beginning to the last climbs in 2001.The film presents also some of his climbing partners, such as Leo Houlding and Ron Kauk.

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  • Documentary / Chronicle

    Non la vogliono capire - Cerro Torre DVD

    Non la vogliono capire - Cerro Torre

    Thomas Ulrich (2002)

    Non la vogliono capire - Cerro Torre is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Cerro Torre. It was directed by Thomas Ulrich in 2002. It features Stephan Siegrist, Michal Pitelka, David Fasel, Thomas Ulrich, Casimiro Ferrari, Cesare Maestri and others.

    Switzerland / 47 min

    Non la vogliono capire - Cerro Torre

    Thomas Ulrich, Christoph Frutiger, Christine Kopp

    • 2002
    • Switzerland
    • 47 min
    Non la vogliono capire - Cerro Torre is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Cerro Torre. It was directed by Thomas Ulrich in 2002. It features Stephan Siegrist, Michal Pitelka, David Fasel, Thomas Ulrich, Casimiro Ferrari, Cesare Maestri and others.

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  • Documentary / Chronicle

    Cerro Torre - Nicht den hauch einer chance

    Thomas Dirnhofer (2013)

    Set against the backdrop of breathtaking Patagonia, David Lama, sets out to climb the infamous south-east face of Cerro Torre, a mountain once said to be the most difficult in the world.

    Austria / 101 min

    Cerro Torre - Nicht den hauch einer chance

    Thomas Dirnhofer

    • 2013
    • Austria
    • 101 min
    Set against the backdrop of breathtaking Patagonia, David Lama, sets out to climb the infamous south-east face of Cerro Torre, a mountain once said to be the most difficult in the world.

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  • Documentary / Chronicle

    Cerro Torre - The rape of a mountain

    Cerro Torre - The rape of a mountain

    Leo Dickinson (1972)

    In 1971, a year after Maestri's ascent to Cerro Torre, filmmaker Leo Dickinson climbed and filmed an attempt on the Compressor Route. Dickinson left only a few pieces of clean protection at his highpoint (the headwall ice towers) and no additional fixed gear. While he and the rest of the team did not reach the summit, his reaction to the bolts on the Compressor Route compelled him to travel to Italy to interview Maestri. The result was this documentary.

    UK

    Cerro Torre - The rape of a mountain

    Cerro Torre - The rape of a mountain

    Leo Dickinson

    • 1972
    • UK
    In 1971, a year after Maestri's ascent to Cerro Torre, filmmaker Leo Dickinson climbed and filmed an attempt on the Compressor Route. Dickinson left only a few pieces of clean protection at his highpoint (the headwall ice towers) and no additional fixed gear. While he and the rest of the team did not reach the summit, his reaction to the bolts on the Compressor Route compelled him to travel to Italy to interview Maestri. The result was this documentary.

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  • Documentary / Historical

    The Cerro Torre enigma

    The Cerro Torre enigma

    Leo Dickinson (1978)

    In 1959 Italian climber Cesare Maestri claimed to have scaled the Patagonian peak of Cerro Torre with Austrian Toni Egger. The claim has been disputed in some quarters ever since. Skepticism toward Maestri's 1959 account mounted as it became evident how difficult the alleged route is even with the advances in technique made through the first decade of the next century. In the documentary, Maestri defends his version of the story and comments on the 1970 attempts by the compressor route. Jim Donini speaks about the clues he found on the 1959 route while climbing Torre Egger in 1976. The film also follows the successful ascent made in 1974 by the 'Ragni di Lecco' climbers.

    UK / 26 min

    The Cerro Torre enigma

    Leo Dickinson

    • 1978
    • UK
    • 26 min
    In 1959 Italian climber Cesare Maestri claimed to have scaled the Patagonian peak of Cerro Torre with Austrian Toni Egger. The claim has been disputed in some quarters ever since. Skepticism toward Maestri's 1959 account mounted as it became evident how difficult the alleged route is even with the advances in technique made through the first decade of the next century. In the documentary, Maestri defends his version of the story and comments on the 1970 attempts by the compressor route. Jim Donini speaks about the clues he found on the 1959 route while climbing Torre Egger in 1976. The film also follows the successful ascent made in 1974 by the 'Ragni di Lecco' climbers.

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  • Documentary / Climbing Journal

    Sesto grado superiore

    Giuseppe Taffarel (1960)

    Cesare Mestri makes a demonstration of the technique of rock climbing doing an ascent in the Sella Group in the Dolomites. Maestri starts climbing a fourth and fifth grade route unroped. Then he progresses through a sixth grade rock face, and ends climbing a roof using aid climbing techniques. Maestri, nicknamed the 'Spider of the Dolomites' is known for his solo repetitions in the Dolomites, as the first climber in the world to climb sixth grade walls, and for the polemic first ascent of the Cerro Torre in Patagonia.

    Italy / 12 min

    Sesto grado superiore

    Giuseppe Taffarel

    • 1960
    • Italy
    • 12 min
    Cesare Mestri makes a demonstration of the technique of rock climbing doing an ascent in the Sella Group in the Dolomites. Maestri starts climbing a fourth and fifth grade route unroped. Then he progresses through a sixth grade rock face, and ends climbing a roof using aid climbing techniques. Maestri, nicknamed the 'Spider of the Dolomites' is known for his solo repetitions in the Dolomites, as the first climber in the world to climb sixth grade walls, and for the polemic first ascent of the Cerro Torre in Patagonia.

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