People
Gaston Rébuffat
Biography:
Gaston Rébuffat, born May 7, 1921, in Marseille and died May 31, 1985, in Bobigny, was a French mountaineer, notably a member of the 1950 French expedition to Annapurna, a high-mountain guide, writer, and filmmaker.
Gaston Rébuffat discovered climbing in the Calanques of Marseille. At sixteen, he joined the French Alpine Club (Haute-Provence section), where he discovered high-altitude mountaineering and met Henri Moulin, whom he considered his "big brother in mountaineering." He then explored the Alps and the Mont Blanc massif, which became his playground. In 1940, he joined Jeunesse et Montagne (Youth and Mountain), where he met Lionel Terray, who became his friend. It was at the... Read More
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Future of Climbing as Self (archive footage) | 2025-09-26 |
| Maurice Baquet, The Accorded as Self (archive footage) | 2023-12-02 |
| Roped, 200 Years In The Eyes Of Chamonix Guides as Self (archive footage) | 2021-06-19 |
| Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes as Self (archive footage) | 2015-12-02 |
| The World of Gaston Rébuffat as Self (archive footage) | 2009-01-01 |
| Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief as Self (archive footage) | 2008-12-04 |
| When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema as Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Baquet's Comeback as Self (archive footage) | 1988-01-01 |
| Les Horizons Gagnés as Self | 1974-06-01 |
| Entre Terre et Ciel as Self | 1961-01-01 |
| Victories on the Himalayas as Self | 1960-01-01 |
| Perilous Assignment as Self - Guide | 1959-11-06 |
| Stars and Storms as Self | 1955-06-01 |
| Victory over Annapurna as Self | 1953-05-05 |
| Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes as Self | 1953-01-01 |
| Flammes De Pierres as Self | 1947-01-01 |
