In February 1966, Pierre Mazeaud and Lucien Berardini traveled to the Atakor massif, in the Hoggar mountain range of the Sahara in southern Algeria. There, they attempted a challenging first ascent: the Takouba spur, one of the peaks adjacent to Garet El Djenoun, a legendary mountain in the Hoggar massif, first climbed by Roger Frison-Roche and Raymond Coche in 1935. The documentary, superbly filmed by Jacques Ertaud, won the Grand Prize at the Trento International Mountain Film Festival in 1966.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Pathé, ORTF
Keywords
- sahara desert
- mountain climbing
- mountaineering
- algeria
- alpinism
- escalade
- djazair
- hoggar mountains
- tamanrasset
- adventure pionner
- algerian sahara
- algeria alpinism
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Top Cast
Lucien Bérardini as Self
Pierre Mazeaud as Self
René Vernadet as Self
Jacques Ertaud as Self
Top Crew
Jacques Ertaud · Director, Writer
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