Men Against the Matterhorn

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Men Against the Matterhorn (1965)

Directed by Alan Chivers

Documentary, TV Movie · 50m

A climb to mark the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn, live on TV. The program, a co-production of the Swiss, French, Italian and British televisions, was shown throughout Europe, in the United States and in Japan in a series of 5 broadcasts between 8 and 16h. This film is the re-edited version by the BBC of all the broadcasts in a single program. Ian McNaught-Davis roped with the guide Heinrich Taugwalder and Jean Juge with Robert Bichler narrate the ascent while they climb by the original Whymper route. They follow the progression of Michel Darbellay and Hilti von Allmen who climb the north face by the Schmidt route. All them meet at the summit.

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Cast

I
Ian McNaught-Davis Self Chris Brasher Self
D
David Dimbleby Self
T
Tom Conway Self Michel Vaucher Self Yvette Vaucher Self

Crew

Director
Alan Chivers

Details

Release date
1965-01-01
Runtime
50m
Genres
Documentary, TV Movie
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
SRF, BBC