A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps, near Chamonix and the French/Swiss/Italian borders... Like his father, Zian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing. She briefly returns to Italy and to her family. However, after Zian's insistence and trip to Italy, she returns to mountain life in the French Alps. Once back there, events will unfold, changing their lives as well as those of other mountain people forever.
Irène Corday
as Aline Lourtier
André Le Gall
as Pierre Servettaz
Marcel Delaître
as Ravanat dit « Le Rouge »
Jean Davy
as Hubert de Vallon
Maurice Baquet
as Boule
Yves Furet
as Georges à la Clarisse
Geymond Vital
as Maxime Vouillaz
Mona Dol
as Marie Servettaz
Lucien Blondeau
as Jean Servettaz
Andrée Clément
as Suzanne Servettaz
Tosca De Lac
as L'acrobate
Louis Seigner
as Le docteur
