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Giusto Gervasutti - Il Solitario Signore delle Pareti
10.0 / 10• 2009• 46m•NR• Italian
Documentary
Storyline
Giusto Gervasutti (1909-1946) was an Italian mountaineer, considered by many to be the best mountaineer of his generation and one of the greatest of the post-war era. He achieved his first feats in 1930 and revolutionized mountaineering in the Western Alps by repeating and opening routes of extreme difficulty that are still considered absolute routes today: the east face of the Grandes Jorasses (with his friend Boccalatte), the northeast spur of the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, the north face of the Grandes Jorasses, the Gervasutti route on the Gugliermina, the east face of Mont Blanc du Tacul (where he died in 1946), among an incredible list of climbs. The film, made to mark the centenary of Giusto Gervasutti's birth, portrays a solitary and tormented mountaineer, endowed with an impeccable moral sense, an advocate of light and ethical mountaineering, always in search of an unattainable happiness.
Cast & Crew
Giusto Gervasutti
Self (archive footage)
Lead
Riccardo Cassin
Self
Andrea Giorda
Self
Arnaud Clavel
Self
Spiro Dalla Porta Xydias
Self
Pietro Crivellaro
Self
Sergio Gervasutti
Self
Alessandro Ollier
Self
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Giorgio Gregorio's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Giusto Gervasutti - Il Solitario Signore delle Pareti is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
