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The Backstage Wall

The Backstage Wall

1983•26m•10.0/10
DocumentaryAdventure

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10.0/10(1)

Behind the scenes of the filming of a film on climbing a cliff by Patrick Berhault and Georges Unia on the parishes of the route "La Tête de Chien" in Monaco. Director Laurent Chevallier explains the difficulties of filming at height, the kind of shots that are suitable and the specifications of equipment suitable for filming on a cliff.

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Production

Antenne 2, MC4

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Patrick Berhault

Patrick Berhault

Self

Georges Unia

Georges Unia

Self

Laurent Chevallier

Laurent Chevallier

Self

Jacques Pradel

Jacques Pradel

(Narrator)

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