Premier de cordée

In the unforgiving French Alps, near Chamonix and the treacherous borders of France, Switzerland, and Italy, a harrowing tale unfolds of love, danger, and sacrifice in "Premier de cordée", a 1944 drama film based on Roger Frison-Roche's novel. A dedicated mountain guide, Zian Servettaz, must confront his own mortality when a near-fatal climb leaves him with vertigo, forcing him to abandon his calling. When his father is persuaded by a Norwegian tourist to take him into the mountains, Zian's son is forced to lead a rescue mission, putting their lives and those of others at risk in the heart-stopping world of mountaineering.