Fight for the Matterhorn
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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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18 unique people credited
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Clifford Mclaglen
as Giaccomo - Carrels Stiefbruder
Paul Graetz
as Luc Meynet - der Bucklige
Alexandra Schmitt
as Carrels Mutter
Marcella Albani
as Felicitas - Carrels Frau
Luis Trenker
as Jean-Antoine Carrel
Peter Vo
as Edward Whymper
Johanna Ewald
as Meynets Frau
Hannes Schneider
as Michel Croz - Bergführer
Ernst Petersen
as Douglas Hadow
Hugo Lehner
as Charles Hudson
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