First in Line (1944)
Family
Adventure
Drama
Action
A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps, near Chamonix and the French/Swiss/Italian borders... Like his father, Zian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing. She briefly returns to Italy and to her family. However, after Zian's insistence and trip to Italy, she returns to mountain life in the French Alps. Once back there, events will unfold, changing their lives as well as those of other mountain people forever.
Cast
Aline Lourtier
Pierre Servettaz
L'acrobate
Le docteur
Paul Moury
Un guide
Warfield
Fernand Lourtier
Napoléon
L'oncle Dechosalet
Un guide
Ravanat dit 'Le Rouge'
Un guide (uncredited)
Mr. Faroule, un dineur (uncredited)
Luc, un guide (uncredited)
Un majordome de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited)
Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited)
L'alpiniste qui veut grimper au Mont-Blanc (uncredited)
Un pensionnaire des Servettaz (uncredited)
Un villageois (uncredited)
Hubert de Vallon
Boule
Georges à la Clarisse
Maxime Vouillaz
Marie Servettaz
Jean Servettaz
Suzanne Servettaz
Crew
Director
Novel
Dialogue
Screenplay
Screenplay
Editor
Production Design
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Production Director
Sound
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Set Photographer
