Gary Hemming, le beatnik des cimes

Synopsis

The American mountaineer Gary Hemming marked the era of the 1960s. The story of this "exceptional" character is intimately linked to that of the rescue of the two German mountaineers on the west face of the Drus, in 1966, a rescue which he had took the initiative. While the official emergency services of the EHM try to reach them from above, a pirate rope made up of Gary Hemming, René Desmaison, Lothar Mauch, Gil Bodin, Mike Brurke, François Guillot, the filmmaker Gérard Bauer organizes to join them from below and succeeded after a fierce struggle the rescue. The press seizes the event and elevates Gary Hemming to the rank of national hero. All the newspapers feature this big guy with a cool attitude, mismatched clothes, jovial smile and long blond hair on the front page. From then on, he was nicknamed: "the beatnik of the peaks".

Main Cast

Gary Hemming

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lothar Mauch

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Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gil Bodin

Self

Age : 80 | Popularity : 0%

Lauren Hemming

Self

Age : 61 | Popularity : 0%

François Guillot

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Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

René Desmaison

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Maurice Herzog

Self

Age : 93 | Popularity : 4%

Pierre Mazeaud

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Jean Afanassieff
Crew	Cinematography	Christophe Delachat Jérome Nouvelle Roland Théron Jean Afanassieff Laurent Lutaud
Sound	Sound	Gilles Coutable Laurent Langlois José Manzanares
Production	Production Director	Adeline Dos Santos
	Delegated Producer	Jean-Pierre Bailly
Writing	Writer	Jean Afanassieff
Department	Role	Name

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