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The Ascent of Mont Blanc (1907)
Directed by Jean Lecarme
Documentary, Adventure · 14m
Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands Mulets refuge and the Grand Plateau refuge. This is the very first successfully filmed ascent. Joseph Vallot (1854-1925), rich heir of Lodève in Occitania. He devotes part of his fortune to the observation of the Alps, sometimes opposing the scientific community. He built an observatory, still standing today.
Cast
Joseph Vallot
Crew
- Director
- Jean Lecarme
- Director of Photography
- Camille Legrand
Details
- Original title
- L'Ascension du Mont Blanc
- Release date
- 1907-01-07
- Runtime
- 14m
- Genres
- Documentary, Adventure
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Pathé