First in Line
1944
106 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Irène Corday
Aline Lourtier
André Le Gall
Pierre Servettaz
Marcel Delaître
Ravanat dit « Le Rouge »
Jean Davy
Hubert de Vallon
Maurice Baquet
Boule
Yves Furet
Georges à la Clarisse
Geymond Vital
Maxime Vouillaz
Mona Dol
Marie Servettaz
Lucien Blondeau
Jean Servettaz
Andrée Clément
Suzanne Servettaz
Tosca De Lac
L'acrobate
Louis Seigner
Le docteur
Roger Blin
Paul Moury
Eugène Chevalier
Un guide
Guy Decomble
Warfield
Jacques Dufilho
Fernand Lourtier
Fernand René
Napoléon
Albert Duvaleix
L'oncle Dechosalet
Jérôme Goulven
Un guide
Marius David
Madhyanah Foy
Pierre Collet
Un guide (uncredited)
Richard Francœur
M. Faroule, un dineur (uncredited)
Claude Martin
Luc, un guide (uncredited)
Frédéric Moriss
Un majordome de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited)
Alain Nobis
Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited)
Claude Péran
L'alpiniste qui veut grimper le Mont-Blanc (uncredited)
Jean-Marc Thibault
Un pensionnaire des Servettaz (uncredited)
François Viguier
Un villageois (uncredited)