Film

Inferno am Montblanc

1972 · 1h 26m · Documentary · Drama

Re-enactment of the attempt made in July 1961 by a french-italian group in order to climb Freney Pillar, in Mont Blanc massif. The expedition was composed by the frenchmen Pierre Mazaud, Robert Guillaume, Pierre Kohlmann and Antoine Vieille and by the italians Walter Bonatti, Andrea Oggioni e Roberto Gallieni. The groups arrived separatly to the camp of Col de la Fourche, but with the same aim. They united by chance to conquest the famous peak. The attempt is crushed by bad wheather and, during the descent, three French and an Italian will die.

Pierre Mazeaud

Pierre Kohlmann

(related character)

Walter Bonatti

(related character)

Robert Guillaume

(related character)

Antoine Vieille

(related character)

Andrea Oggioni

(related character)

Milan Doubek

Rene Barel

Andy Schlick

Egon Wurm

• Lothar BrandlerDirector
• Aki GreitlerWriter

Release date

January 13, 1972

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

6

Genres

Documentary, Drama