Les Conquérants de l'impossible - Portrait de René Desmaison
This episode is part of the series "The Conquerors of the Impossible (2/3)". From the 1950s to the 1980s, René Desmaison achieved a large number of "firsts". A specialist in normal routes (west face of Les Drus, Pilier du Freyney, Shroud...), he experienced a tragedy at the Grandes Jorasses, where his exceptional resistance allowed him to survive against all logic. He is the first to claim the practice of the mountain as a high level sport. A man of contrasts, his apparent strength hides great shyness and an unalterable enthusiasm despite the years. Beyond mountaineering, it is the spirit of adventure that has always inhabited him. A whole life devoted to mountaineering.
Director: Bernard Choquet
Cast
René Desmaison
Self
Simone Desmaison
Self
Jean Couzy
Self
Gary Hemming
Self
Serge Gousseault
Self
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Jan 1, 1985
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Studios
- TF1, Les Films du Soleil, INA
- Director
- Bernard Choquet