First in Line

First in Line

106 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Family | Feb. 23, 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.

First in Line

106 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Family | Feb. 23, 1944

First in Line
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.
Producers Pathé Consortium Cinéma, Écran Français
Original title Premier de cordée
Directors Louis Daquin
Writers Paul Leclerc, Jacqueline Jacoupy, Roger Frison-Roche, Alexandre Arnoux

Cast

Irène Corday

as Aline Lourtier

André Le Gall

as Pierre Servettaz

Marcel Delaître

as Ravanat dit 'Le Rouge'

Jean Davy

as Hubert de Vallon

Maurice Baquet

as Boule

Yves Furet

as Georges à la Clarisse

Geymond Vital

as Maxime Vouillaz

Mona Dol

as Marie Servettaz

Lucien Blondeau

as Jean Servettaz

Andrée Clément

as Suzanne Servettaz

Tosca De Lac

as L'acrobate

Louis Seigner

as Le docteur

Roger Blin

as Paul Moury

Eugène Chevalier

as Un guide

Guy Decomble

as Warfield

Jacques Dufilho

as Fernand Lourtier

Fernand René

as Napoléon

Albert Duvaleix

as L'oncle Dechosalet

Jérôme Goulven

as Un guide

Pierre Collet

as Un guide (uncredited)

Richard Francoeur

as Mr. Faroule, un dineur (uncredited)

Claude Martin

as Luc, un guide (uncredited)

Frédéric Moriss

as Un majordome de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited)

Alain Nobis

as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited)

Claude Péran

as L'alpiniste qui veut grimper au Mont-Blanc (uncredited)

Jean-Marc Thibault

as Un pensionnaire des Servettaz (uncredited)

François Viguier

as Un villageois (uncredited)