Release Date

01 Nov, 1994

Runtime

00:25: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Les Parois de la Mémoire – Le Pilier Central du Frêney is a 25-minute documentary film directed by Jérôme Equer in 1994 and broadcast on the FR3 weekly program Montagne. The film highlights the tragic story of the July 1961 attempt to climb the Frêney Central Pillar (on the Italian side of Mont Blanc), during which a Franco-Italian team—led notably by Pierre Mazeaud and Walter Bonatti—was trapped by a violent, multi-day storm of exceptional intensity, resulting in a tragic retreat and the deaths of four of the seven climbers. It draws on archival footage, excerpts from Lothar Brandler’s film Inferno am Montblanc, and firsthand accounts from the participants, including mountaineer and politician Pierre Mazeaud.

Original Title

Les Parois de la Mémoire - Le Pilier Central du Frêney

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Actors

Pierre Mazeaud

René Desmaison

Walter Bonatti

Roberto Gallieni

Pierre Kohlmann

Andrea Oggioni

Robert Guillaume

Antoine Vieille

Louis Janin

Crew

Jérôme Equer

Jean-Louis Laforêt

Jean-Christophe Hainaud

Gilles Coutable

Pierre Maillard

Jean-Paul Muhet

Olivier Lacau

Edmond Denis

Sylvain Jouty

Brigitte Trahin

Jérôme Equer

Brigitte Trahin

Jérôme Equer