![Everest 78, or the French on top of the world](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2bDIBPIZYvuKS6UGAqlWHa0TtVJ.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | N/A |
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Director | Jean-Claude Odin & Christian Brincourt |
Actor | Pierre Mazeaud, Jean Afanassieff, Nicolas Jaeger |
Country | France |
Production | TF1 |