Vajont - La diga del disonore (2001)

• 64%
• 2001
• Drama
• Michel Serrault
• Daniel Auteuil
• Laura Morante

On October 9th, 1963, at 10:39 pm, 260 million cubic meters of rock-fell down from Mount Toc into the artificial lake formed by the Vajont dam, one of the higher dams in the world. The landslide formed in 250-meter-high-wave and 50 million cubic meters of water destroyed the majority the houses of the town (Longarone) below, killing 2000 almost people. Planned by engineer Samen, Vajont dam (262 meters) had to supply the electricity in all the houses of the region. Tina Merlin, a journalist from "Die Einheit", tried for years to denounce the danger to build a dam under Mount Toc; she especially denounced all the omissions by the corrupted politicians and builders in charge of the dam construction. They preferred to trust in old geologist dal Piaz instead of listening to engineer Samen young son ' s alarming analysis. No one seemed to understand the high danger until that October fatal night.