Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief

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Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief

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.

Release Date

2008-12-04

Year

2008

Duration

59m

Status

Released

Score

10.00

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Cast

Kurt Diemberger

Kurt Diemberger

Jean Afanassieff

Jean Afanassieff

Lothar Brandler

Lothar Brandler

Leo Dickinson

Leo Dickinson

Philipp Stölzl

Philipp Stölzl

Gaston Rébuffat

Gaston Rébuffat

Self (archive footage)

Catherine Destivelle

Catherine Destivelle

Patrick Berhault

Patrick Berhault

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Marc Boivin

Jean-Marc Boivin

Self (archive footage)

Alexander Huber

Alexander Huber