Cast & Crew

Directed by

Fred Zinnemann

Writing Credits

Michael Austin
(screenplay)
Kay Boyle
(short story: "Maiden, Maiden")

Cast

Sean Connery
Douglas Meredith
Betsy Brantley
Kate
Lambert Wilson
Johann Biari
Jennifer Hilary
Sarah Meredith
Isabel Dean
Kate's Mother
Gérard Buhr
Brendel
Anna Massey
Jennifer Pierce
Sheila Reid
Gillian Pierce
Georges Claisse
Dieter
Kathy Marothy
Dieter's Wife
Terry Kingley
Georg
Emilie Lihou
Old Woman
Alfred Schmidhauser
Martin
Jerry Brouer
Van Royen
Marc Duret
French Student
François Caron
French Student
Benoît Ferreux
French Student
Alexander John
Maclean
Michael Burrell
Horse Taxi Driver
Frank Duncan
First Hut Guardian
Robert Dietl
Station Master
Günter Clemens
Guide
Skil Kaiser-Passini
Eva

Produced by

Peter Beale
executive producer
Fred Zinnemann
producer

Music by

Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography by

Giuseppe Rotunno

Editing by

Stuart Baird

Casting By

Margot Capelier
Anna Korda
Mary Selway

Production Design by

Willy Holt

Art Direction by

Kathrin Brunner
Robert Cartwright
Don Dossett
Marc Frédérix
Gérard Viard

Set Decoration by

Daniel Nicolas Garbade

Costume Design by

Emma Porteous
(as Emma Porteus)

Makeup Department

George Frost
makeup supervisor
Colin Jamison
hair stylist
Peter Robb-King
makeup artist
Christopher Tucker
special makeup effects

Production Management

Leonhard Gmür
production manager
John Palmer
production manager
Stefan Zürcher
production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Norman Dyhrenfurth
second unit director
Clemens Keiffenheim
second assistant director
Terry Madden
second assistant director
John Smallcombe
trainee assistant director
Anthony Waye
first assistant director

Art Department

John Allenby
property master
Patrick McLoughlin
set dresser
Mickey Pugh
dressing props (uncredited)

Sound Department

Derek Ball
sound recordist
Paul Carr
re-recording mixer
Stan Fiferman
dialogue dubbing editor
Leslie Hodgson
sound editor (as Les Hodgson)
Ken Nightingall
boom operator
Bill Barringer
sound assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by

John Morris
special effects technician
John Richardson
special effects supervisor
Ken Morris
special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Mo Anthoine
assistant camera: second unit
Graham Attwood
still photographer
Luigi Bernardini
focus puller
Sergio Coletta
gaffer
Jim Dawes
chief grip
Leo Dickinson
mountain photographer: second unit
Wick Finch
electrician
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci
camera operator
Derek Gatrell
gaffer (as Derek Gattrell)
John M. Heller
special photographer
Martin Kenzie
second assistant camera: second unit
Roy Larner
gaffer
Herbert Raditschnig
mountain photographer: second unit
Dolf Reist
still photographer
Tony Riley
mountain photographer: second unit
Eva Sereny
still photographer
Arthur Wooster
mountain photographer: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Annalisa Nasalli-Rocca
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Russ Woolnough
assistant editor
William Parnell
first assistant editor (uncredited)

Location Management

Richard Craven
locations scout
Gerry Levy
location manager

Script and Continuity Department

Pamela Carlton
continuity

Additional Crew

Linda Allen
Mr Zinneman's personal assistant (as Linda Ayton)
Ueli Baerfuss
heliopter alpine rescue service
Martin Boysen
climber
Paul Braithwaite
climber
Joe Brown
assistant safety officer
Rab Carrington
climber
Richard Craven
researcher
Dave Cuthbertson
climber
Norman Dyhrenfurth
technical advisor
Andrea Florineth
chief guide
Murray Hamilton
climber
Wendy Leech
climber (as Wendy Leach)
Hamish MacInnes
chief safety officer
Ian Nicolson
climber
Paul Nunn
climber
Capito Wyssman
heliopter alpine rescue service
John Yates
climber
Alan Arnold
unit publicist (uncredited)
Valerie Craig
production assistant: UK (uncredited)
Roy Everson
stand-in: Sean Connery (uncredited)
Bill Finch
finance controller (uncredited)
Howard R. Schuster
financing (uncredited)
Tina Simmons
stand-in: Anna Massey (uncredited)

Thanks

Paul Nigg
special thanks
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