Henri Couttet
Biography
Henri Michel Couttet (born June 8, 1901 in Chamonix, died October 11, 1953 in Sallanches) was a French professional ice hockey player. He is the older brother of Marcel Couttet and Denis Couttet. His father Alfred Julien Couttet (1872-1918), boilermaker, and two other brothers also played hockey. He is a farmer by profession. Henri Couttet has spent his entire career at the Chamonix Hockey Club. He was champion of France in 1923 and 1927. He was on the French team at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp and at the 1924 Olympic Games in Chamonix.
Known For & Full Filmography1 Titles
Movie - 1924, 2h 15m • as Self
"The ascent of the Aiguilles Ravanel and Mummery", climbed by young guides in cycling pants: The brothers Armand Charlet and Georges Charlet, Arthur Ravanel, Henri Couttet and Charles Balmat. The film was shot by Georges Tairraz II, Chamoniard mountain photographer, representative of the third generation of a family line of mountain photographers and filmmakers. George Tairraz II's film will lay the groundwork for a French vision of mountain film; In the 1930s, a French school of mountain cinema emerged, less expressionist, more stripped down and realistic than the German school. These are the films of Marcel Ichac, Roger Frison-Roche, Samivel, Georges Tairraz II, etc. It develops according to the principles set by Marcel Ichac, in opposition to the German school. It is both about getting out of the dramatic vision of the mountain and placing the mountain and the climbers at the heart of the plot.