First in Line

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Irène Corday

Aline Lourtier

André Le Gall

Pierre Servettaz

Marcel Delaître

Ravanat dit « Le Rouge »

Jean Davy

Hubert de Vallon

Maurice Baquet

Boule

Yves Furet

Georges à la Clarisse

Geymond Vital

Maxime Vouillaz

Mona Dol

Marie Servettaz

Lucien Blondeau

Jean Servettaz

Andrée Clément

Suzanne Servettaz

Tosca De Lac

L'acrobate

Louis Seigner

Le docteur

Roger Blin

Paul Moury

Eugène Chevalier

Un guide

Guy Decomble

Warfield

Jacques Dufilho

Fernand Lourtier

Fernand René

Napoléon

Albert Duvaleix

L'oncle Dechosalet

Jérôme Goulven

Un guide

Marius David