First on the Rope (1944)

Original title

Premier de cordée

Directed by

Louis Daquin

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A climber strives to lead a difficult ascent in the French Alps. The story follows his efforts and the challenges he faces on the mountain.

slow-burnseriousmountaineeringausteredeterminedfocusedweightedhistoric

What happens

First on the Rope (French: Premier de cordée) is a 1944 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Irène Corday, André Le Gall and Lucien Blondeau. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel of the same title by Roger Frison-Roche. It was a faithful adaptation of the novel, which began shooting in June 1943 during the German Occupation of France. Despite being directed by Daquin, a French Communist, it was considered to demonstrate a Pétainist ideology possibly even containing elements of Nazism. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. Location shooting took place around Mont Blanc in the French Alps. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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