
Giusto Gervasutti - Il Solitario Signore delle Pareti
Documentary
Overview
Giusto Gervasutti (1909-1946) was an Italian mountaineer, considered by many to be the best mountaineer of his generation and one of the greatest of the post-war era. He achieved his first feats in 1930 and revolutionized mountaineering in the Western Alps by repeating and opening routes of extreme difficulty that are still considered absolute routes today: the east face of the Grandes Jorasses (with his friend Boccalatte), the northeast spur of the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, the north face of the Grandes Jorasses, the Gervasutti route on the Gugliermina, the east face of Mont Blanc du Tacul (where he died in 1946), among an incredible list of climbs. The film, made to mark the centenary of Giusto Gervasutti's birth, portrays a solitary and tormented mountaineer, endowed with an impeccable moral sense, an advocate of light and ethical mountaineering, always in search of an unattainable happiness.
Top Cast


Giusto Gervasutti
Giusto Gervasutti
Self (archive footage)
Giusto Gervasutti
Self (archive footage)


Riccardo Cassin
Riccardo Cassin
Self
Riccardo Cassin
Self


Andrea Giorda
Andrea Giorda
Self
Andrea Giorda
Self


Arnaud Clavel
Arnaud Clavel
Self
Arnaud Clavel
Self


Spiro Dalla Porta Xydias
Spiro Dalla Porta Xydias
Self
Spiro Dalla Porta Xydias
Self


Pietro Crivellaro
Pietro Crivellaro
Self
Pietro Crivellaro
Self


Sergio Gervasutti
Sergio Gervasutti
Self
Sergio Gervasutti
Self


Alessandro Ollier
Alessandro Ollier
Self
Alessandro Ollier
Self
Carlo Ziggiotto
Carlo Ziggiotto
Self
Carlo Ziggiotto
Self
Luisa Balestrieri
Luisa Balestrieri
Self
Luisa Balestrieri
Self
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