mountain pioneer movies

The Alpinist (2021)
7.601 / 10

Documentary

Marc-André Leclerc, an exceptional climber, has made solo his religion and ice his homeland. When filmmaker Peter Mortimer begins his film, he...

Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
6.8 / 10

Adventure, Drama, Family

Third Man on the Mountain is an American film directed by Ken Annakin and produced by Walt Disney Productions, released in 1959. It is adapted from a...

Everest Unmasked (1978)
7 / 10

Documentary

Record of the first ascent of Everest made without the use of oxygen equipment, made in May 1978 by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Could it be...

Perilous Assignment (1959)
10 / 10

Documentary, Adventure

"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behind the scenes of the daring shoots of its...

Cervin 1865, une première tragique (2015)
10 / 10

Documentary, Drama, Adventure

The first ascent of the Matterhorn was made on July 14, 1865 by Edward Whymper, Francis Douglas, Charles Hudson, Douglas Hadow, Michel Croz and two...

The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)
9 / 10

Drama

Struggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio...

Aconcagua (1991)
10 / 10

Documentary, Adventure

History of the first ascent of Aconcagua by the south face in February 1954 by the French shock team led by René Ferlet and composed of Lucien...

Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes (1953)
10 / 10

Documentary, Adventure

History, advice and demonstrations of mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif by the renowned guides of the National School of Ski and Mountaineering...

Karakoram (1937)
0 / 10

Documentary, Adventure

Account of the first French expedition to the Himalayas, which attempted to climb the hidden peak (Gasherbrum I) in 1936, from the preparations for...

L'Aiguille Verte (2015)
10 / 10

Documentary, Adventure

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Aiguille Verte, the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix is ​​producing a film...

Entre terre et ciel (1961)
10 / 10

Documentary, Adventure

This is Gaston Rebuffat's fourth film, in which, with several close friends, he discovers the sublime landscapes of the Alps. “Mont-Blanc is...

Le Grec - Georges Livanos (1994)
10 / 10

Documentary

Georges Livanos, nicknamed the Greek but pure child of Marseille, amateur mountaineer, opened more than 500 routes in the Calanques, 40 in the...

Quand Les Alpinistes Font Leur Cinéma (2000)
10 / 10

Documentary

Many mountaineers as part of their activity have used cameras and films to allow us to participate through images in their adventures and their...

Sur Les Traces De Premier De Cordée (1952)
10 / 10

Documentary, Adventure

"Sur Les Traces De Premier De Cordée", a color documentary from 1952 which will be released the same year as the eponymous photo book published by...

Paragot-Bérardini, La Cordée des Voyous (1997)
10 / 10

Documentary

Cervino 1901 (1903)
10 / 10

Documentary, History

In 1953, in an old cabinet of a former photographer from Zermatt, a first mountaineering film was found. It was a silent film from the first era...

Stars and Storms (1955)
10 / 10

Documentary, Adventure, Family

Gaston Rébuffat is part of the history of mountaineering. Marseillais prodigy, high mountain guide of the Chamonix guide company and famous for the...

The Call Of The Peaks (1946)
10 / 10

Documentary

L'Appel Des Cimes, directed by Alain Pol, is a documentary commissioned by the CAF and the various French ministries on the practice of post-war...

Baquet's Comeback (1988)
10 / 10

Documentary

July 1956: like every summer, the actor and cellist Maurice Baquet temporarily deserts the stage and the cinema studios to go to Chamonix where the...

A l'Assaut Des Aiguilles Du Diable (1943)
10 / 10

Documentary, Adventure

Marcel Ichac accompanied the mountaineer Armand Charlet, in 1943, in the repetition of the first crossing of the Aiguilles du Diable that the guide...