Charles-Georges Duvanel
Director · 1906 – 1975 · Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland
Charles-Georges Duvanel was born on 10 May 1906 in Aarau, Kanton Aargau, Switzerland. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Pionniers (1936), The Vocation of André Carel (1925) and Die rote Pest (1938). He died on 18 June 1975.
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MovieDocumentaryRecord of the international expedition to climb Kangchenjunga in 1930. The German-Austrian-British expedition, led by Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth, had come from the Nepalese side and tried to reach the North Ridge via its NW face after failing in the north face, where the sherpa Chettan was killed in an avalanche. The attempt failed but the team made the first ascents of Rathong (6678m) and Jongsong Peak (7483m), and also climbed the Southwest peak of Nepal Peak.