Mario Fantin

Costa D’avorio (1965)

Costa d'Avorio immerses us in an entirely different scenario [from Fantin's previous film] and gives us an up-close look at another one of Fantin's interests: ethnography, which here focuses on ritual dances encountered in each village (the expedition was ...

Tibesti '63 (1964)

Kilimandjaro, Monarca Africano (1960)

In the spirit of a 'mountaineering safari', four Italians fly to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and a compulsory base for both hunters of the great reserves and climbers of the great African mountains. Crossed the land of the Masai, rich in game, they, in f ...

Il fiordo dell'eternità (1960)

Yucai, Montagna Degli Incas (1958)

We climb again to high altitudes with breathtaking landscapes in Yucay, montagna degli Incas (11 summits over 5,000 metres high in southern Peru, an expedition organized by the CAI of Como) (Andrea Meneghelli) ...

Song of the Forest (1957)

A Donatello Golden Plate winning documentary on the Appenines, and on the adventures of a young racoon. ...

White Vertigo (1956)

A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. ...

Zinal (1956)

Italia K2 (1955)

After the successful conquest of Everest in 1953, two Italians reach the summit of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, the next year,after careful preparation and the formation of the team of climbers, scientists, and porters. ...

Preludio Alpino Al K2 (1954)

With Preludio alpino al K2 we see the preparation for the Italian expedition to the second highest peak in the world. The men who would make history meet on Plateau Rosa, to work together among those spectacular peaks. It was also a dress rehearsal for Fan ...

Italia K2. Riprese di Mario Fantin (1954)

Mario Fantin, born in Bologna in 1921, documented the most adventurous expeditions to the four corners of the globe with his camera. First and foremost among these was the legendary Italian conquest of K2 in 1954. ...

Figure e pietre del Pakistan (1954)

Rimpatriano i reduci dal K2 (1954)

Monte Bianco: Alta via delle Alpi Graie (1953)

Il Mondo in camera (2022)

Italia K2 (1955)

After the successful conquest of Everest in 1953, two Italians reach the summit of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, the next year,after careful preparation and the formation of the team of climbers, scientists, and porters. ...