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Documentary / Historical
- 1995
- France
- 25 min
Le Dhaulagiri is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Dhaulagiri and Nanda Devi. It was directed by Jérôme Equer in 1995 and produced by Dream Time Movies. It is a part of the series Les parois de la mémoire. It features Kurt Diemberger and Paul Gendre.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
- 1994
- France
- 26 min
K2 is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in K2. It was directed by Jérôme Equer in 1994 and produced by Dream Time Movies. It is a part of the series Les parois de la mémoire. It features Erich Abram, Ardito Desio, Ugo Angelino, Pino Gallotti, Lino Lacedelli, Achille Compagnoni and others.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
- 1994
- France
- 25 min
Grandes Jorasses is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Grandes Jorasses. It was directed by Jérôme Equer in 1994 and produced by Dream Time Movies. It is a part of the series Les parois de la mémoire. It features René Desmaison.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
- 1992
- UK
- 30 min
Fifht episode of 'The climbers', a six-part series on the history of mountaineering by Chris Bonington and Richard Else produced by the BBC. This episode contrasts the traditions of climbers in Britain and on the continent of Europe, the former developing a technique of free climbing and the latter employing aids such as spanners, bolts and drills to climb routes that would otherwise be inaccessible. The program includes old footage of the 1946 film by Alain Pol 'L'appel des cimes' and of a young Joe Brown climbing in Snowdonia in 1957 in a program of the BBC 'Eye to eye' series.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
- 1992
- UK
- 30 min
Fourth episode of 'The climbers', a six-part series on the history of mountaineering by Chris Bonington and Richard Else produced by the BBC. This episode portraits Reinhold Messner, the most famous mountaineer in the history of the sport. He was the first person to climb all 14 peaks over 8,000 meters, and the first, with Peter Habeler, to climb Everest without artificial oxygen. Chris Bonington visits Messner in his Tyrol castle. The program also highlights the figure of Doug Scott and the way he approached the highest Himalayan peaks.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Portrait d'un homme devenu ordinaire
- 1994
- France
- 26 min
A meeting in Chamonix with Eric Escoffier, the famous mountaineer of the 1980s, who fell into anonymity following his car accident in September 1987. Victim of multiple fractures and total paralysis of the left side, Escoffier managed to walk again, despite the pessimistic forecasts of the doctors. The documentary portraits his daily life in Chamonix, interviews the protagonist, Michel Garcia and Rémi Escoffier, and shows footage of his exploits in the mountains.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
- 1992
- UK
- 30 min
Sixth and last episode of 'The climbers', a six-part series on the history of mountaineering by Chris Bonington and Richard Else produced by the BBC. This episode tells how climbing appears to have changed radically during the last ten years - from sport into a spectacle. But Chris Bonington argues is that, whatever it is, climbing has always been about new challenges... The program reviews outstanding ascents by French top climbers like Christophe Profit, Eric Escoffier, and Jean-Marc Boivin.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
In the long shadow of the mountains
- 1991
- UK
- 30 min
Second episode of 'The climbers', a six-part series on the history of mountaineering by Chris Bonington and Richard Else produced by the BBC. In this episode, Chris Bonington makes a two-week trek to the Diamir Face of the Nanga Parbat -the most unforgiving of mountains- in the company of German mountaineer Sigi Hupfauer and the American veteran Charles Houston. Bonington considers the part this mountain played in the development of climbing nationalism between the wars when rival national teams competed to conquer this and other peaks.Climbing locations
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Docudrama / Historical
- 1991
- UK
- 30 min
First episode of 'The climbers', a six-part series on the history of mountaineering produced by Chris Bonington and Richard Else for the BBC. This episode recreates Alfred Mummery's first ascent of the Grepon, in the French Alps in 1881. Chris Bonington dons tweeds, woollen stockings and velour hat to re-create Alfred Mummery's classic ascent. As Bonington says, Mummery could be described more than anyone as the father of modern alpinism.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
Another golden age of alpinism
- 1992
- UK
- 30 min
Third episode of 'The climbers', a six-part series on the history of mountaineering by Chris Bonington and Richard Else produced by the BBC. This program focuses on three outstanding postwar climbers: the Italian Walter Bonatti, the Frenchman Rene Desmaison, and the presenter of the series, Chris Bonington. The episode covers the years following the second world war, described as an era as exciting as the first Victorian golden age of alpinism.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
- 1994
- France
- 25 min
In this episode of the series 'Les parois de la mémoire', two legendary mountaineers, Heinrich Harrer and Anderl Heckmair, bring to life through their narrative the victorious climb of the north wall of the Eiger in 1938. This terrifying wall, represented for a century the biggest alpine climbing problem. Climbing attempts have so far claimed more than 40 lives, and the victory of Harrer and Heckmair was the result of a daring venture that can hardly be imagined even today. In this evocation we also speak of the famous attempt in 1935 of the strings of the Austrians Angerer and Reiner and the Germans Hinterstoisser and Kurz, tragically interrupted.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Biographical
- 1994
- France
- 26 min
Jean Afanasieff, a film director and the first Frenchman to climb Everest, pays homage to the veteran Georges Livanos, nicknamed 'the Greek', a famous mountaineer whose best performances were accomplished between 1950 and 1960. The documentary gives a clear-cut portrait. The personage comes out well on the screen and is genuine. A man who has made mountaineering history and is a point of reference for the new generations of climbers of Calanques, in Marseilles.Climbing locations
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