Movie Description

Les Conquérants De l'Impossible : Portrait De René Desmaison

(1985)

Overview

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.

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Original TitleLes Conquérants De l'Impossible : Portrait De René Desmaison

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1985-01-01

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 52m

Homepagehttps://www.mntnfilm.com/en/film/portrait-de-rene-desmaison-1986

Production CompaniesTF1,Les Films du Soleil,INA

Genres

  • Documentary