Les Parois de la Mémoire - Le Pilier Central du Frêney (1994)
Les Parois de la Mémoire – Le Pilier Central du Frêney is a 25-minute documentary film directed by Jérôme Equer in 1994 and broadcast on the FR3 weekly program Montagne. The film highlights the tragic story of the July 1961 attempt to climb the Frêney Central Pillar (on the Italian side of Mont Blanc), during which a Franco-Italian team—led notably by Pierre Mazeaud and Walter Bonatti—was trapped by a violent, multi-day storm of exceptional intensity, resulting in a tragic retreat and the deaths of four of the seven climbers. It draws on archival footage, excerpts from Lothar Brandler’s film Inferno am Montblanc, and firsthand accounts from the participants, including mountaineer and politician Pierre Mazeaud.
Director: Jérôme Equer
https://www.mntnfilm.com/en/film/pilier-central-du-freney-1994
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Pierre Mazeaud as Self |
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René Desmaison as Self |
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Walter Bonatti as Self (archive footage) |
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Roberto Gallieni as Self (archive footage) |
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Pierre Kohlmann as Self (archive footage) |
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Andrea Oggioni as Self (archive footage) |
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Robert Guillaume as Self (archive footage) |
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Antoine Vieille as Self (archive footage) |
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Louis Janin as Self |
| Directing | Jérôme Equer | Director |
| Crew | Jean-Louis Laforêt | Cinematography |
| Crew | Jean-Christophe Hainaud | Cinematography |
| Sound | Gilles Coutable | Sound |
| Editing | Pierre Maillard | Editor |
| Sound | Jean-Paul Muhet | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Olivier Lacau | Music |
| Crew | Edmond Denis | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Sylvain Jouty | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Brigitte Trahin | Production Director |
| Production | Jérôme Equer | Delegated Producer |
| Production | Brigitte Trahin | Delegated Producer |
| Writing | Jérôme Equer | Writer |
