First in Line

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.

Family Adventure Drama Action

Irène Corday

(Aline Lourtier)

André Le Gall

(Pierre Servettaz)

Marcel Delaître

(Ravanat dit 'Le Rouge')

Jean Davy

(Hubert de Vallon)

Maurice Baquet

(Boule)

Yves Furet

(Georges à la Clarisse)

Geymond Vital

(Maxime Vouillaz)

Mona Dol

(Marie Servettaz)

Lucien Blondeau

(Jean Servettaz)

Andrée Clément

(Suzanne Servettaz)

Tosca De Lac

(L'acrobate)

Louis Seigner

(Le docteur)

Roger Blin

(Paul Moury)

Eugène Chevalier

(Un guide)

Guy Decomble

(Warfield)

Jacques Dufilho

(Fernand Lourtier)

Fernand René

(Napoléon)

Albert Duvaleix

(L'oncle Dechosalet)

Jérôme Goulven

(Un guide)

Marius David

Madhyanah Foy

Pierre Collet

(Un guide (uncredited))

Richard Francoeur

(Mr. Faroule, un dineur (uncredited))

Claude Martin

(Luc, un guide (uncredited))

Frédéric Moriss

(Un majordome de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited))

Alain Nobis

(Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited))

Claude Péran

(L'alpiniste qui veut grimper au Mont-Blanc (uncredited))

Jean-Marc Thibault

(Un pensionnaire des Servettaz (uncredited))

François Viguier

(Un villageois (uncredited))