First in Line (1944)
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.
Director:
Louis Daquin
Writers:
Jacqueline Jacoupy, Paul Leclercq.
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Irène Corday as Aline Lourtier |
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André Le Gall as Pierre Servettaz |
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Marcel Delaître as Ravanat dit « Le Rouge » |
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Jean Davy as Hubert de Vallon |
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Maurice Baquet as Boule |
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Yves Furet as Georges à la Clarisse |
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Geymond Vital as Maxime Vouillaz |
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Mona Dol as Marie Servettaz |
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Lucien Blondeau as Jean Servettaz |
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Andrée Clément as Suzanne Servettaz |
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Tosca De Lac as L'acrobate |
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Louis Seigner as Le docteur |
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Roger Blin as Paul Moury |
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Eugène Chevalier as A guide |
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Guy Decomble as Warfield |
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Jacques Dufilho as Fernand Lourtier |
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Fernand-René as Napoléon |
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Albert Duvaleix as L'oncle Dechosalet |
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Jérôme Goulven as A guide |
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Marius David as |
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Madhyanah Foy as |
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Pierre Collet as A guide (uncredited) |
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Richard Francœur as M. Faroule, un dineur (uncredited) |
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Claude Martin as Luc, a guide (uncredited) |
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Frédéric Moriss as Un majordome de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited) |
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Alain Nobis as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited) |
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Claude Péran as The alpinist who wants to climb Mont Blanc (uncredited) |
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Jean-Marc Thibault as Un pensionnaire des Servettaz (uncredited) |
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François Viguier as Un villageois (uncredited) |
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Yves Deniaud as |
| Directing | Louis Daquin | Director |
| Art | Lucien Aguettand | Production Design |
| Writing | Roger Frison-Roche | Novel |
| Writing | Jacqueline Jacoupy | Screenplay |
| Editing | Suzanne de Troeye | Editor |
| Writing | Alexandre Arnoux | Dialogue |
| Writing | Paul Leclercq | Screenplay |
| Camera | Philippe Agostini | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Henri Sauguet | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Pierre-Louis Calvet | Sound |
| Production | Louis Wipf | Production Director |
| Crew | Roger Frison-Roche | Technical Advisor |
| Camera | Georges Tairraz II | Set Photographer |
| Directing | Guy Decomble | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Alexandre Arnoux | Adaptation |
| Production | Jacqueline Jacoupy | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Philippe Agostini | Cinematography |
| Art | Lucien Aguettand | Art Direction |
| Production | Louis Wipf | Production Manager |
| Art | Raymond Nègre | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | André Bac | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Maurice Pecqueux | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Georges Tairraz II | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Etiennette Muse | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Roger Desormière | Conductor |
| Directing | Jeanne Witta | Continuity |
