Alps Movies

A group of tourists, including five women, cross the Mauvais Pas, a rocky passage equipped with a railing, next to the Mer de Glace Glacier. One of...

Released in 1915.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...

The legend says that the summit of Mont Blanc is covered in gold. This ancestral belief has obsessed Jacques Balmat, a mountain guide, from his...

The goats of the Grimsel are almost as famous as the Hospice itself, and form a most attractive picture among the bleak and desolate surroundings.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Taking footage from the film 'A la conquete des cimes', this instructional film distributed for the home market as a Pathe Baby film in two reels,...

Documentary on mountain climbing in the Swiss and Italian Alps.

The ascent of Mont Blanc filmed by Frederick Burlingham in August 1915. A party composed by Burlingham's wife and several guides from Chamonix, climb...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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...

Released in February of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.

Documentary about the plants, animals and nude women of the alps.

A student, a railway worker and a peasant go on a trip to the Julian Alps and meet people on their way.

After a Zurich gene clinic is robbed, it's time for a new kind of hero: ISMUS, a "real security guy" who's engaged to Marianne, his boss's daughter....

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The marmot is a beloved and iconic animal of the Alps, known for its chubby figure and entertaining demeanor. In the film, we follow the life of Mox,...