Jan 01, 1959
78 min
Full-HD

Stars at Noon (1959)

Les Etoiles de Midi is an engaging docudrama about some of the more spectacular exploits of French mountain climbers over the last several decades. In one re-enacted story, there is a wartime escape through the mountains, and in another, a daring rescue of a pair of climbers who had been missing. The actors themselves are adept at the sport of climbing, and they give the scenes an immediacy and real daring that brings the stories alive. A combination of their acrobatics and skill and the outstanding episodes in the history of French climbing creates a winning 78 minutes.

Category

Documentary Adventure

Country

France

Companies

Requin Filmartic

Lionel Terray

Self

Roger Blin

Self

Michel Vaucher

Self

René Desmaison

Self

Pierre Perret

Self

Pierre Rousseau

Self

Gérard Herzog

Self

Pierre Danny

Self

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