Anatomy of a First
1966•32m•10.0•Released
DocumentaryAdventure
In February 1966, Pierre Mazeaud and Lucien Berardini traveled to the Atakor massif, in the Hoggar mountain range of the Sahara in southern Algeria. There, they attempted a challenging first ascent: the Takouba spur, one of the peaks adjacent to Garet El Djenoun, a legendary mountain in the Hoggar massif, first climbed by Roger Frison-Roche and Raymond Coche in 1935. The documentary, superbly filmed by Jacques Ertaud, won the Grand Prize at the Trento International Mountain Film Festival in 1966.
Director
Jacques Ertaud
Writer
Jacques Ertaud
Languages
French
Studio
Pathé
Cast
Lucien Bérardini
Self
Pierre Mazeaud
Self
René Vernadet
Self
Jacques Ertaud
Self
Production
Company
Pathé
Company
ORTF
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