French Alps Movies

In 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short...

In 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short...

At the end of the 18th century, the wealthy French scholar Saussure comes to a small Alpine village and offers 1,000 pieces of gold to anyone who can...

"Les Habitants des Flammes de Pierre" is the making-of documentary for the film "The Pillar of Solitude," which recounts Walter Bonatti's historic...

The traditional healers in the Swiss and French mountains.

The film collects material from different mountain adventures in the Alps filmed by Frederick Burlingham. From alpine climbing on the slopes of the...

The ascent of Mont Blanc filmed by Frederick Burlingham in August 1915. A party composed by Burlingham's wife and several guides from Chamonix, climb...

Moullet explores the causes and consequences of cases of mental disorders that were especially numerous in the Southern Alps.

The ascent of the Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc Massif by the ridge of the Moine. Two climbers, the mountain, and the rope. No plot, no tragedy,...

Four dudes, one journey and a lot of fun. Starring Mathieu Crepel, Victor Daviet, Thomas Delfino, Sylvain Bourbousson, and a large group of friends....

Voyage en face sud (Journey to the South Face) is a mountaineering documentary by Patrick Cordier and Jacques Ramouillet that shows the first solo...

A pioneering mountaineering film made by Frank Ormiston-Smith for the Warwick Trading Company in 1902. Ormiston-Smith himself led and filmed an...

Released in July of 1902. Produced by William Nicholas Selig.

1901 film of the Mer de Glace, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short...

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Marcel Ichac captures the mountain warfare of the French Alps in World War II, the highest battles to take place during the war. The film also...

The personal story of a young woman in her early 20's who escapes societies expectations and becomes a sheepherder for a summer season.