# First on the Rope > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/First_on_the_Rope > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/First_on_the_Rope.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_on_the_Rope > Source revision: 1341472666 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1944 film First on the Rope Directed by Louis Daquin Written by Alexandre Arnoux Louis Daquin Jacqueline Jacoupy Paul Leclercq Based on First on the Rope by Roger Frison-Roche Produced by Jacqueline Jacoupy Starring Irène Corday André Le Gall Lucien Blondeau Cinematography Philippe Agostini Edited by Suzanne de Troeye Music by Henri Sauguet Production company Pathé Consortium Cinéma Distributed by Pathé Consortium Cinéma Release date 23 February 1944 (1944-02-23) Running time 106 minutes Country France Language French ***First on the Rope*** (French: ***Premier de cordée***) is a 1944 French [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Louis Daquin](/source/Louis_Daquin) and starring [Irène Corday](/source/Ir%C3%A8ne_Corday), [André Le Gall](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Le_Gall) and [Lucien Blondeau](/source/Lucien_Blondeau).[1][2] It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel of the same title by [Roger Frison-Roche](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Frison-Roche&action=edit&redlink=1). It was a faithful adaptation of the novel, which began shooting in June 1943 during the [German Occupation of France](/source/German_military_administration_in_occupied_France_during_World_War_II). Despite being directed by Daquin, a [French Communist](/source/French_Communist_Party), it was considered to demonstrate a [Pétainist](/source/P%C3%A9tainism) ideology possibly even containing elements of [Nazism](/source/Nazism).[3] The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Lucien Aguettand](/source/Lucien_Aguettand). [Location shooting](/source/Location_shooting) took place around [Mont Blanc](/source/Mont_Blanc_massif) in the [French Alps](/source/French_Alps). ## Synopsis The son of a veteran [mountain climber](/source/Mountain_climber) succeeds his father as "the first on the rope", leading expeditions into the mountains. However, after nearly losing his life during a climb he develops [vertigo](/source/Vertigo) and abandons his position to take over as a [hotel manager](/source/Hotel_manager). Two years later when his father is persuaded by a [Norwegian](/source/Norwegians) [tourist](/source/Tourist) to take him on a trip into the mountains, his son is forced to come to their rescue when they run into a trouble during a storm. ## Cast - [Irène Corday](/source/Ir%C3%A8ne_Corday) as Aline Lourtier - [André Le Gall](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Le_Gall) as Pierre Servettaz - [Lucien Blondeau](/source/Lucien_Blondeau) as Jean Servettaz - [Marcel Delaître](/source/Marcel_Dela%C3%AEtre) as Ravanat dit 'Le Rouge' - [Jean Davy](/source/Jean_Davy) as Hubert de Vallon - [Maurice Baquet](/source/Maurice_Baquet) as Boule - [Mona Dol](/source/Mona_Dol) as Marie Servettaz - [Yves Furet](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yves_Furet&action=edit&redlink=1) as Georges à la Clarisse - [Andrée Clément](/source/Andr%C3%A9e_Cl%C3%A9ment) as Suzanne Servettaz - [Geymond Vital](/source/Geymond_Vital) as Maxime Vouillaz - [Tosca De Lac](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tosca_De_Lac&action=edit&redlink=1) as L'acrobate - [Louis Seigner](/source/Louis_Seigner) as Le docteur - [Roger Blin](/source/Roger_Blin) as Paul Moury - [Eugène Chevalier](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eug%C3%A8ne_Chevalier&action=edit&redlink=1) as Un guide - [Guy Decomble](/source/Guy_Decomble) as Warfield - [Jacques Dufilho](/source/Jacques_Dufilho) as Fernand Lourtier - [Fernand René](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fernand_Ren%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1) as Napoléon - [Albert Duvaleix](/source/Albert_Duvaleix) as L'oncle Dechosalet - [Jérôme Goulven](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Goulven&action=edit&redlink=1) as Un guide - [Jean-Marc Thibault](/source/Jean-Marc_Thibault) as Un pensionnaire des Servettaz ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Crisp p.94 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Nord p.292 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Crisp p.94-95 ## Bibliography - Crisp, Colin. *French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958*. Indiana University Press, 2015. - Nord, Philip. *France's New Deal: From the Thirties to the Postwar Era*. Princeton University Press, 2012. ## External links - [*First on the Rope*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193431/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Louis Daquin Portrait of Innocence (1941) Strange Inheritance (1943) First on the Rope (1944) Patrie (1946) The Bouquinquant Brothers (1947) Daybreak (1949) The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949) Skipper Next to God (1951) Bel Ami (1955) The Thistles of the Baragan (1958) The Opportunists (1960) This article related to a French film of the 1940s is a stub. 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