Fight for the Matterhorn
Released: November 27, 1928Runtime: 117 minLanguage: DE
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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Luis Trenker
as Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani
as Felicitas - Carrels Frau
Peter Vo
as Edward Whymper
Alexandra Schmitt
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Clifford Mclaglen
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Paul Graetz
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Johanna Ewald
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Hannes Schneider
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Ernst Petersen
as Douglas Hadow
Hugo Lehner
as Charles Hudson
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