The Fight for the Matterhorn

The Fight for the Matterhorn

1928 de 117 minutes

Rating: 9

Plot

Struggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio Malasomma and starring Luis Trenker, Marcella Albani, and Alexandra Schmitt. The film is part of the popular cycle of mountain films of the 1920s and 1930s. Art direction was by Heinrich Richter. Based on a novel by Carl Haensel, the film depicts the battle between British and Italian climbers to be the first to climb the Matterhorn. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.

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Cast

Luis Trenker

Luis Trenker

Jean-Antoine Carrel

Marcella Albani

Marcella Albani

Felicitas, Wife of Carrel

Alexandra Schmitt

Alexandra Schmitt

Mother of Carrel

Clifford McLaglen

Clifford McLaglen

Giaccomo

Peter Voß

Peter Voß

Edward Whymper

Paul Graetz

Paul Graetz

Meynet

Johanna Ewald

Johanna Ewald

Wife of Meynet

Hannes Schneider

Hannes Schneider

Cross

Ernst Petersen

Ernst Petersen

Hadow

Hugo Lehner

Hugo Lehner

Hudson

Luggi

Luggi

Lord Douglas

Heinrich Gretler

Heinrich Gretler

Seiler, Hotelwirt

Erich Haußmann

Erich Haußmann

Narrator

Hermann Mayer-Falkow

Hermann Mayer-Falkow

Narrator

Edith Robbers

Edith Robbers

Narrator

Peter Aufdenblatten

Peter Aufdenblatten

Otto Furrer

Otto Furrer

Edward Whymper

Edward Whymper

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