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Anatomy of a First

1966-01-01
10
fr 32m
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

Cinematography

René Vernadet

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Status

Released

Countries

  • France

Companies

  • Pathé
  • ORTF