AINSI GRIMPAIT ZARATHOUSTRA
BERNARD GERMAIN
France / 1984 / 2'
Turning the title of a work by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche into a parody, this short film, lasting only two minutes, ironically portrays the relationship between man and the mountains.
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.