12 Nov 1982
Five Days One Summer
A 1930s Scottish doctor (Sean Connery) goes climbing in the Alps with an infatuated niece (Betsy Brantley) he passes off as his wife.
The Castaways Of Mont Blanc
This documentary is a reconstruction, based on archive footage, testimonies, and filmed reconstructions, of the Vincendon / Henry tragedy. December 1956: Jean Vincendon and François Henry, two young mountaineers, aspire to join the High Mountain Group. Lacking experience, they set out to climb Mont Blanc via the Brenva spur in the middle of winter. The weather conditions deteriorated, and they decided to give up before meeting Walter Bonatti and Sylvano Gheser. They then decided to continue the climb and set off in two different roped parties. Bonatti decided to take refuge at the Vallot refuge higher up, rather than descend. The two young mountaineers, overcome by the poor weather conditions and fatigue, remained stuck for several days at 4,000 meters. What followed was a completely disorganized rescue operation that became, for more than ten days, a spectacle for all of France and a national tragedy.
Top Billed Cast
Jean Vincendon Self (archive footage)
François Henry Self (archive footage)
Claude Dufourmantelle Self
Lionel Terray Self (archive footage)
Walter Bonatti Self (archive footage)
Pierre Couttet Self
Gilbert Chappaz Self
Jacques Petetin Self
Jean Brissaud Self
Honoré Bonnet Self
Jean Minster Self
Louis Piraly Self (archive footage)
Olivier Pariset Narrator
Jean-Yves Berteloot Narrator
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