

Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Gérard Philipe
Philippe Perrin

Michèle Cordoue
Micheline

Georges Chamarat
Lemoigne

Umberto Spadaro
Gino

Valeria Moriconi
Odette

Olivier Hussenot
Colombin

Alberto Bonucci
Antoine

Jean Lefebvre
Raymond

Jean-Jacques Lécot
Pasquier
Michel François
Doctor Molinier

Robert Bazil

Jess Hahn
Karl
Mohamed Ziani
Ali
Augusto Mingione
Pietro

Marcel Bozzuffi
Georges Hubert

Louis Velle
The new chief engineer
Jacques Moulières
Luigi

Giacomo Furia
The canteen manager
Lina Furia
The canteen manager

Gino Marturano

Gabriel Gobin
A card player

Charles Denner
An assistant engineer
Pierre Massiot

Émile Genevois
Worker

Gérard Oury
Gérard Bailly

Paola Borboni
(uncredited)
Raymond Brun
(uncredited)
Olivier Darrieux
A Man at the Wedding (uncredited)
Georges Galley
(uncredited)

Gérard Hernandez
The worker who replaces the storekeeper
Jacques Morlaine
(uncredited)

Madame Pâquerette
The owner of the center bistro (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Music
Editor
Novel
Director of Photography
Production Design
Sound
Details
Release Date
1955-12-30
Runtime
90 min
Original Language
French
Languages
French
Production Companies
Silver Films
Noria Film
Le Trident
Countries
Italy
France
Genres
Drama