Acting
Jean Couzy
Born — Died
1923-07-09 — 1958-11-02
Place of birth
Nérac, Lot-et-Garonne, France
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Jean Couzy is a French mountaineer, born on July 9, 1923 in Nérac in Lot-et-Garonne and died on November 2, 1958 in Dévoluy. Amateur mountaineer, both absolute glacier and high-level climber, he participated in 1950 in the victorious expedition of the Annapurnas, the first 8,000 m in the history of mountaineering, and in 1955 he made the first ascent of Makalu (8,463 m), also in the Himalayas. Jean Couzy was born in 1923 in Nérac in Lot-et-Garonne. As a teenager, he frequented the Pyrenees but his studies - he entered the École polytechnique with the promotion of 1942 - and the Second World War did not allow him to devote himself entirely to mountain activities. Settled in Paris for his stu…
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10.0In 1950, a French expedition led by Maurice Herzog went to central Nepal to conquer the highest peak (8,091 meters): Annapurna. The film is not only made of what we see, but even more of what we don't see. Its imperfections are the negative imprint of the adventure. Memory is the most faithful of films.
Victory over Annapurna
1953
10.0Retrospective of four major peaks climbed by French expeditions: Annapurna (8078m) in 1950; Makalu (8481m) in 1955; Mustagh Tower (7273m) in 1956 and Le Jannu (7710m) in 1962. A film by Lucien Berardini and Jean-Marie Perthus with the support of the French Alpine Club and the FFME (French Mountain and Climbing Federation).
Victories on the Himalayas
1960
10.0This episode is part of the series "The Conquerors of the Impossible (2/3)". From the 1950s to the 1980s, René Desmaison achieved a large number of "firsts". A specialist in normal routes (west face of Les Drus, Pilier du Freyney, Shroud...), he experienced a tragedy at the Grandes Jorasses, where his exceptional resistance allowed him to survive against all logic. He is the first to claim the practice of the mountain as a high level sport. A man of contrasts, his apparent strength hides great shyness and an unalterable enthusiasm despite the years. Beyond mountaineering, it is the spirit of adventure that has always inhabited him. A whole life devoted to mountaineering.
Les Conquérants de l'impossible - Portrait de René Desmaison
1985