First in Line
Premier de cordée
Release: 1944-02-23
·Runtime: 106m
·★ 7.2
Family
Adventure
Drama
Action
A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps, near Chamonix and the French/Swiss/Italian borders... Like his father, Zian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing. She briefly returns to Italy and to her family. However, after Zian's insistence and trip to Italy, she returns to mountain life in the French Alps. Once back there, events will unfold, changing their lives as well as those of other mountain people forever.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Écran Français
Pathé
Cast
Alain Nobis
as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited)
François Viguier
as Un villageois (uncredited)
Roger Blin
as Paul Moury
Guy Decomble
as Warfield
Jacques Dufilho
as Fernand Lourtier
Albert Duvaleix
as L'oncle Dechosalet
Jérôme Goulven
as Un guide
André Le Gall
as Pierre Servettaz
Maurice Baquet
as Boule
Pierre Collet
as Un guide (uncredited)
Jean Davy
as Hubert de Vallon
Andrée Clément
as Suzanne Servettaz
Jean-Marc Thibault
as Un pensionnaire des Servettaz (uncredited)
Irène Corday
as Aline Lourtier
Marcel Delaître
as Ravanat dit « Le Rouge »
Yves Furet
as Georges à la Clarisse
Geymond Vital
as Maxime Vouillaz
Louis Seigner
as Le docteur
Fernand René
as Napoléon
Richard Francœur
as M. Faroule, un dineur (uncredited)
