The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
At the end of the 18th century, the wealthy French scholar Saussure comes to a small Alpine village and offers 1,000 pieces of gold to anyone who can lead him to the summit of Mont Blanc. The young farmer's son Jacques Balmat wants to take on the dangerous task, even though his father has told him from an early age about the mighty mountain spirits who guard a legendary treasure of gold on the mountain peak.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Arnold FanckDirector
- Arnold FanckWriter
- Henri ChometteDirector
Cast
- Sepp RistJacques Balmat
- Brigitte HorneyMaria
- Eduard von WintersteinMarias Vater
- Friedrich KaysslerDorfpfarrer
- Helene FehdmerMarias Mutter
- Klaus PohlBalmats Vater
- Hans Hermann SchaufußBauer
- Ernst NansenPaccard
- Willy Kaiser-HeylSaussure
- Walter RimlDer Maler
- Ernst DumckeDer Dichter
- Pierre ProvinsDer Heerführer
Themes
francebased on novel or bookmountaineereuropetalkieclimbingblack and whitegold prospectormountain climbingalps mountainsmountaineeringeuropean