Jean-Jacques Languepin

Directing

Jean-Jacques Languepin

Born — Died

1924-11-12 — 1994-04-07

Place of birth

Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Jean-Jacques Languepin, born in Paris on November 12, 1924 and died on April 7, 1994, is a French director. Coming from the Louis Lumière school in Paris, Jean-Jacques Languepin trained in directing while filming "Karakorum" (1937) by Marcel Ichac. Following this experience, he will make films far from neocolonial and nationalist themes, such as "Terre de Glace" (1948) and "Groenland: Twenty thousand leagues on the ice" (1952), under the leadership of the explorer Paul-Emile Vittoria. . Through his films, "he tries to be an actor in countries undergoing reconstruction, at the end of the Second World War". His cinema aims to be both curious and benevolent towards the outside world, in the ma…

Known for

Snows of Grenoble poster
5.6

Film about the 10th Olympic Games in Grenoble in 1968. Using a subjective camera, Ertaud and Languepin take the pulse of the Games, cutting out the eyes and slowing down the movement when necessary. The dominant figure at the Grenoble Winter Games is Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy, whose three gold medals matched Toni Sailer's 1956 feat. The filmmakers bet on his winning streak, and include commentary from him as he prepares for each race. Another athlete, Marielle Goitschel, is treated insightfully on screen and wins the women's slalom. Ice dancing fans will appreciate the coverage of winner Oleg Protopopov and his partner Ludmila Belousova. President Charles De Gaulle was present for the spectacular Opening Ceremony.

Snows of Grenoble

1968

Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel

1958

Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes poster
10.0

History, advice and demonstrations of mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif by the renowned guides of the National School of Ski and Mountaineering from Chamonix. The film starts with an historical summary illustrating the aspirations and methods that lead man to conquer the mountains. Armand Charlet teaches mountaineering techniques and takes his students to the field for glacier or rock exercises. Gaston Rebuffat makes demonstrations of particularly dangerous climbs. At altitude, people move in solitude, cold and silence, like circus acrobats without spectators, but nothing stops the modern mountaineer.

Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes

1953

Route des Cimes poster
10.0

With the tank truck of the company British Petroleum (BP), the Bozzetto fuel delivery man crosses mountain roads in winter. Headed to Val d'Isère in Savoie, it faces, night and day, the vagaries of traffic in snowy weather, and penetrates the life of the winter sports resort living to the rhythm of development activities. , sports and tourism: tunnel construction, snow milling machine, cable car, hotel and catering as well as skiing from the peaks to the village (off-piste descent demonstration by Lionel Terray).

Route des Cimes

1957

No artwork available
NR

Languepin criticizes the attitudes of motorists at the top of European mountain passes: they only think about taking photos, they don't even know which pass it is, they don't have time to look at the scenery.

Les Autogrimpeurs

1963

Rêves de Neige poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rêves de Neige

1960

Film credits

Behind the camera

Snows of Grenoble poster
5.6

Film about the 10th Olympic Games in Grenoble in 1968. Using a subjective camera, Ertaud and Languepin take the pulse of the Games, cutting out the eyes and slowing down the movement when necessary. The dominant figure at the Grenoble Winter Games is Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy, whose three gold medals matched Toni Sailer's 1956 feat. The filmmakers bet on his winning streak, and include commentary from him as he prepares for each race. Another athlete, Marielle Goitschel, is treated insightfully on screen and wins the women's slalom. Ice dancing fans will appreciate the coverage of winner Oleg Protopopov and his partner Ludmila Belousova. President Charles De Gaulle was present for the spectacular Opening Ceremony.

Snows of Grenoble

1968

Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Des Hommes Dans Le Ciel

1958

Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes poster
10.0

History, advice and demonstrations of mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif by the renowned guides of the National School of Ski and Mountaineering from Chamonix. The film starts with an historical summary illustrating the aspirations and methods that lead man to conquer the mountains. Armand Charlet teaches mountaineering techniques and takes his students to the field for glacier or rock exercises. Gaston Rebuffat makes demonstrations of particularly dangerous climbs. At altitude, people move in solitude, cold and silence, like circus acrobats without spectators, but nothing stops the modern mountaineer.

Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes

1953

Route des Cimes poster
10.0

With the tank truck of the company British Petroleum (BP), the Bozzetto fuel delivery man crosses mountain roads in winter. Headed to Val d'Isère in Savoie, it faces, night and day, the vagaries of traffic in snowy weather, and penetrates the life of the winter sports resort living to the rhythm of development activities. , sports and tourism: tunnel construction, snow milling machine, cable car, hotel and catering as well as skiing from the peaks to the village (off-piste descent demonstration by Lionel Terray).

Route des Cimes

1957

Route des Cimes poster
10.0

With the tank truck of the company British Petroleum (BP), the Bozzetto fuel delivery man crosses mountain roads in winter. Headed to Val d'Isère in Savoie, it faces, night and day, the vagaries of traffic in snowy weather, and penetrates the life of the winter sports resort living to the rhythm of development activities. , sports and tourism: tunnel construction, snow milling machine, cable car, hotel and catering as well as skiing from the peaks to the village (off-piste descent demonstration by Lionel Terray).

Route des Cimes

1957

No artwork available
NR

Languepin criticizes the attitudes of motorists at the top of European mountain passes: they only think about taking photos, they don't even know which pass it is, they don't have time to look at the scenery.

Les Autogrimpeurs

1963

Rêves de Neige poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rêves de Neige

1960

Rêves de Neige poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rêves de Neige

1960

Refuges poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Refuges

1963

Greenland poster
10.0

Groenland: twenty thousand leagues on the ice is a French documentary film directed by Marcel Ichac and Jean-Jacques Languepin, released in 1952 on the expedition of Paul-Émile Victor and his team in Greenland, in 1948-1949. The film received the Special Jury Prize - scientific or educational film at the Cannes Film Festival in 1952.

Greenland

1952

Le Capitaine H poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le Capitaine H

1961

Le Capitaine H poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le Capitaine H

1961

Terre de Glaces poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Terre de Glaces

1949

Terre de Glaces poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Terre de Glaces

1949

Himalayan Epic poster
10.0

In 1951, the 3rd French expedition to the Himalayas set out to conquer Nanda Devi (7,800 m). The attempt to cross the ridge between the main peak and Nanda Devi East resulted in the death of two members of the expedition. Expedition leader Roger Duplat and Gilbert Vignes disappear on the ridge somewhere below the main peak. Tenzing Norgay is part of a support team on this expedition; he and Louis Dubost climb Nanda Devi Est in search of the two missing people. A few years later, Tenzing discovered that Nanda Devi was the most difficult climb he had ever made.

Himalayan Epic

1951