First on the Rope (French: Premier de cordée) is a 1944 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Irène Corday, André Le Gall and Lucien Blondeau.[1][2] It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel of the same title by Roger Frison-Roche. It was a faithful adaptation of the novel, which began shooting in June 1943 during the German Occupation of France. Despite being directed by Daquin, a French Communist, it was considered to demonstrate a Pétainist ideology possibly even containing elements of Nazism.[3]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. Location shooting took place around Mont Blanc in the French Alps.

Synopsis

The son of a veteran mountain climber succeeds his father as "the first on the rope", leading expeditions into the mountains. However, after nearly losing his life during a climb he develops vertigo and abandons his position to take over as a hotel manager. Two years later when his father is persuaded by a Norwegian tourist to take him on a trip into the mountains, his son is forced to come to their rescue when they run into a trouble during a storm.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Crisp p.94
  2. ^ Nord p.292
  3. ^ Crisp p.94-95

Bibliography

  • Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958. Indiana University Press, 2015.
  • Nord, Philip. France's New Deal: From the Thirties to the Postwar Era. Princeton University Press, 2012.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_on_the_Rope
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