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The first filmed winter ascent of the north face of the Matterhorn. To set the scene, the tragic story of Edward Whymper's first ascent is skillfully pieced together. The modern expedition, a team of three British climbe
Documentary featuring the ascent of the Matterhorn (Cervino) completed in 1911 by Mario Piacenza along the guides of Valtournenche Joseph Gaspard and Joseph Carrel . The ascent was filmed by Piacenza from the Italian sid
Géraldine Fasnacht is a wingsuit pilote that nurtures a dream since she learned to fly, the dream to be the first wingsuit pilote to jump from the top of the Matterhorn. Technological and technical advances have enabled
1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
Mario Clar is the successful co-owner of an engineering firm in Zurich. The news that a bridge he designed has collapsed, killing 43 people, hits this dependable man all the harder. Mario’s feelings of guilt are so inten
Documentary film about the work of Swiss glacier pilot and rescue pilot Hermann Geiger.
During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together
The mountain guide and ski instructor Hans Turri has been hired by the tourist Gregory Milacz to make a route in the mountains. Both are caught by a storm, so while Milacz is waiting at the Concordia Hut, Turri returns t
After years of mass tourism in the Alps, a rethinking is slowly taking place. Whether researchers, artists or philosophers, many are trying to approach the essence of the mountains in new ways.