Malabar Princess (2004)
fiction · 94 min · France
Directed by: Gilles Legrand
Set in: Mont Blanc massif, linked to the 1950 Malabar Princess air crash
Eight-year-old Tom moves in with his grandfather, a tram driver near Mont Blanc, and refuses to accept that his mother, lost in a mountain accident, is dead. With a new friend he explores the glacier where the Malabar Princess airliner crashed in 1950.
Where it was filmed
- Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet station and Mont Blanc Tramway
Haute-Savoie · France
Several scenes, including along the tramway line and at the Nid d'Aigle terminus
Saint-Gervais on MR. ALPS - Vallorcine
Haute-Savoie · France
School scenes in the former primary school
Vallorcine, Balme on MR. ALPS - Les Contamines-Montjoie
Haute-Savoie · France
Church scenes
Les Contamines on MR. ALPS - La Plagne
Savoie · France
Bobsleigh run descent
La Plagne on MR. ALPS
Filming locations as stated in the sources below. The story may be set somewhere else.
Also filmed nearby
We Love You, You Bastard2014 · Combloux +1
Crime Is Our Business2008 · Crest-Voland +2
The Finishers2013 · La Clusaz +3
Tout schuss2016 · Les Contamines
Les Petits Flocons2019 · La Plagne
Sources
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