LE CONCERTO D'ALASKA
Bernard Germain
France / 1982 / 39'
An expedition in Alaska, on the difficult south wall of Mount McKinley, the highest peak - 6240 metres - in Nort America. Seven French mountaineers, one a woman, reflect on the climb of the "Cassin rock spur" ten years later.
Director
Bernard Germain
Bernard Germain graduated from the Paris Sorbonne University; he is a mountain guide. He runs La Montagne et l'Alpinisme, the magazine of the French Alpine Club. He has made several films which have influenced mountain cinema, including Annapurna - 1.er 8000 à ski, Un pic pour Lénin, Le concerto d'Alaska, winning the City of Trento Grand Prize in 1983, and Désire d'Everest, which won the Golden Gentian for Best Mountaineering Film in 1991.
Awards
GENZIANA D'ORO GRAN PREMIO "CITTÀ DI TRENTO"
Ed. 1983