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.
as Aline Lourtier
as Pierre Servettaz
as Ravanat dit « Le Rouge »
as Hubert de Vallon
as Boule
as Georges à la Clarisse
as Maxime Vouillaz
as Marie Servettaz
as Jean Servettaz
as Suzanne Servettaz
as L'acrobate
as Le docteur
as Paul Moury
as Un guide
as Warfield
as Fernand Lourtier
as Napoléon
as L'oncle Dechosalet
as Un guide
as Un guide (uncredited)
as M. Faroule, un dineur (uncredited)
as Luc, un guide (uncredited)
as Un majordome de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited)
as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited)
as L'alpiniste qui veut grimper le Mont-Blanc (uncredited)
as Un pensionnaire des Servettaz (uncredited)
as Un villageois (uncredited)
