Charles Balmat
Acting
Biography
Charles Balmat, born January 12, 1903 in Chamonix, was a high mountain guide. He is one of the descendants of Jacques Balmat, known as "Balmat du Mont-Blanc", born in 1762 in the Chamonix valley in the village of Pélerins and died in September 1834 in the valley of Sixt, who was a chamois hunter, crystal maker and guide who succeeded in the first ascent of Mont Blanc (4,808 meters) in the company of Doctor Paccard, on August 8, 1786. Charles Balmat will be technical adviser to the Paramount team in Hollywood for the filming of the film "La Neige En Deuil" by Edward Dmytryk, released in 1956. He died on March 21, 1983.
Known For
Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.
The Mountain
"The ascent of the Aiguilles Ravanel and Mummery", climbed by young guides in cycling pants: The brothers Armand Charlet and Georges Charlet, Arthur Ravanel, Henri Couttet and Charles Balmat. The film was shot by Georges Tairraz II, Chamoniard mountain photographer, representative of the third generation of a family line of mountain photographers and filmmakers. George Tairraz II's film will lay the groundwork for a French vision of mountain film; In the 1930s, a French school of mountain cinema emerged, less expressionist, more stripped down and realistic than the German school. These are the films of Marcel Ichac, Roger Frison-Roche, Samivel, Georges Tairraz II, etc. It develops according to the principles set by Marcel Ichac, in opposition to the German school. It is both about getting out of the dramatic vision of the mountain and placing the mountain and the climbers at the heart of the plot.