Movie: Everest 78, or the French on top of the world

Top 8 Billed Cast

Pierre Mazeaud
Pierre Mazeaud

Self

Jean Afanassieff
Jean Afanassieff

Self

Nicolas Jaeger
Nicolas Jaeger

Self

Raymond Despiau
Raymond Despiau

Self

Walter Cecchinel
Walter Cecchinel

Self

Kurt Diemberger
Kurt Diemberger

Self

Jean-François Mazeaud
Jean-François Mazeaud

Self

Claude Deck
Claude Deck

Self

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    It was a sporting feat, a national feat, but also and above all a technical feat: on October 15, 1978, three French mountaineers, for the first time, reached the summit of Everest: Pierre Mazeaud, Nicolas Jaeger, Jean Afanassieff, accompanied by Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer and cameraman. A performance broadcast live on the radio thanks to the France inter teams and filmed for television by TF1. Christian Brincourt, a great French reporter, tells us about this expedition and questions the members of the expedition on their motivations. With Pierre Mazeaud (expedition leader), Jean-François Mazeaud (doctor), Claude Deck, Raymond Despiau, Nicolas Jaeger, Walter Cecchinel, Jean Afanassieff, Kurt Diemberger.

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    1978-10-15

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    10

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