Alps Mountains Movies

March 12, 1987. The young French mountaineer Eric Escoffier prepares his equipment, very reduced in material and food. He leaves the next day and...

The guide Gaston Rébuffat, shares with us his view of his job and the nature that surrounds him by showing us some beautiful climbs made with...

Released in 1917.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1901 film of the Mer de Glace, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

This is an excellent and spirited picture of fine quality depicting the international curling contests in Switzerland, showing the Scotch champion...

Secret territories still exist in France today. This film is a personal quest, the story of a crazy gamble taken by a passionate dreamer, an...

A winter ascent of Piz Bernina by Swiss mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. The film also shows images of avalanche research,...

The World of Gaston Rébuffat is a documentary on mountaineering which takes place at Gendarme Du Pic Du Roc and Grande Candelle. Directed by...

After a mountaineer is killed attempting to climb a difficult mountain, his son dreams of conquering the peak that has defeated his father. But his...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

In The Call of the Mountain (L’appel de la montagne) a couple are childhood sweethearts who are separated, she marries a rich man and he...

A scene of harvesting hay on the great winter playground. The group of busy reapers, with hand scythes, in the foreground, the Swiss maids who...

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.