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The Conqueror Of The Useless is a french film of genre Documentary with Jacques Ertaud

The Conqueror Of The Useless (1966)

The Conqueror Of The Useless
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Length 30minutes
OriginFrance
Themes Sports films,    Alpinisme

Le Conquérant de l'inutile est un film français réalisé par Marcel Ichac en 1966 à partir du livre Les Conquérants de l'inutile, de son ami Lionel Terray. C'est un film d'hommage à la mémoire de l'auteur, qui venait de mourir d'une chute dans le Vercors en 1965. Il devient un classique du cinéma historique de montagne.

La musique a été composée par François de Roubaix.

Le Conquérant de l'inutile a été présenté au festival de Cannes 1967. Il a été primé dans les festivals de films spécialisés (Festival de Trente, Festival de Banff 1982, etc.).

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Biographie du moniteur de ski, guide de haute montagne, alpiniste et cinéaste-conférencier Lionel Terray. Film-portrait d'une figure emblématique de l'alpinisme français des années 1950-1960, reconstituant la vie, les grandes courses et les expéditions du "conquérant" des plus difficiles parois et sommets d'Europe, de l'Himalaya, de la Cordillère des Andes et d'Amérique du Nord. Marcel Ichac réalise en 1966, au lendemain de l'accident du Gerbier, cet hommage illustré en regroupant des documents d'archives personnels, des séquences animées inédites ou extraites des images d'expédition ainsi que les commentaires tirés des textes autobiographiques de Lionel Terray "Les Conquérants de l'Inutile" et « Bataille pour le Jannu ». Ce film, présenté au Festival de Cannes, a été primé de nombreuses fois dans les festivals de films spécialisés, entre autres au Festival de Trente et au Festival de Banff.

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