The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Yves AllégretDirector
- Yves AllégretWriter
- Jacques SigurdWriter
Cast
- Gérard PhilipePhilippe Perrin
- Michèle CordoueMicheline
- Georges ChamaratLemoigne
- Umberto SpadaroGino
- Valeria MoriconiOdette
- Olivier HussenotColombin
- Alberto BonucciAntoine
- Jean LefebvreRaymond
- Jean-Jacques LécotPasquier
- Michel FrançoisDoctor Molinier
- Robert BazilCast
- Jess HahnKarl