Mario Fantin
Mario Fantin (born May 9, 1921 in Bologna ; † July 23, 1980 ibid) was an Italian alpinist , author and documentary filmmaker .
Life
Fantin graduated in business administration in 1940 and began his activity as an alpinist after the Second World War , which he had spent as a soldier in Southeast Europe.
After taking a few mountaineering courses, he began inspecting the Alps, which he captured photographically. In addition, he was enthusiastic about the film and made numerous short films; Fantin also worked as a cameraman. In 1954 he started his first expedition outside Europe - the ascent to K2 , about which he made the documentary Italia K2 with the help of the film director Marcello Baldiand wrote a diary published a few years later. This was the beginning of a series of numerous expeditions to all continents, including 33 non-European and 20 to the Alps, about which he made 47 documentary films and published more than 20 books with numerous photographs. His best-known ventures include expeditions to the Andes , the Sahara , Equatorial Africa and Greenland .
In 1967 Fantin founded the Centro Italiano Studio Documentazione Alpinismo Extraeuropeo (CISDAE) for the further production of films and the Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) to promote alpinism in Turin .
Plagued by physical and psychological problems, Fantin committed 1980 suicide . The Bologna section of the CAI was named in his honor.
Filmography (selection)
- 1954: Victory on the K2 (Italia K2)
- 1957: Grandes murailles
Web links
- Con Mario Fantin verso le cime del mondo. on: la Gazzetta Web July 31, 2002.
- Personal folder on Mario Fantin (PDF) in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 167-168
- ^ Website of the CAI
- ↑ Website of the section ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fantin, Mario |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian alpinist, author and documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1980 |
| Place of death | Bologna |