CinemaOSMovie · 1996 · 0h 25m

Gary Hemming, le beatnik des cimes

100%(1)Documentary

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".

Directed byJean Afanassieff

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 25m
Language
FR
Released
March 1, 1996
Studios
MC4France•3CNC

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Gary Hemming

Gary Hemming

Self

François Guillot

François Guillot

Self

Gil Bodin

Gil Bodin

Self

René Desmaison

René Desmaison

Self

Pierre Mazeaud

Pierre Mazeaud

Self

Lothar Mauch

Lothar Mauch

Self

Maurice Herzog

Maurice Herzog

Self

Lauren Hemming

Lauren Hemming

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Jean Afanassieff
Jean Afanassieff
Written by
Jean Afanassieff
Jean Afanassieff

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