The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)

The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)

1928-11-27 Germany, Switzerland 117 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Luis Trenker is Jean-Antoine Carrel
Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani is Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt is Mother of Carrel
Mother of Carrel
Peter Voß is Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper
Paul Graetz is Meynet
Johanna Ewald is Wife of Meynet
Wife of Meynet
Hugo Lehner is Hudson
Luggi is Lord Douglas
Lord Douglas
Heinrich Gretler is Seiler, Hotelwirt
Seiler, Hotelwirt