First on the Rope
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First on the Rope (French: Premier de cordée) is a 1944 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Irène Corday, André Le Gall and Lucien Blondeau.[1][2] It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel of the same title by Roger Frison-Roche. It was a faithful adaptation of the novel, which began shooting in June 1943 during the German Occupation of France. Despite being directed by Daquin, a French Communist, it was considered to demonstrate a Pétainist ideology possibly even containing elements of Nazism.[3]
First on the Rope | |
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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 |
Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. Location shooting took place around Mont Blanc in the French Alps.