The Fight for the Matterhorn
Release Date: 1928-11-27
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.
Rating: 9 / 10
Cast
Luis Trenker
as Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani
as Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt
as Mother of Carrel
Clifford McLaglen
as Giaccomo
Peter Voß
as Edward Whymper
Crew
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Mario Bonnard - Director
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Nunzio Malasomma - Director
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Carl Haensel - Novel
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Arnold Fanck - Writer
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Nunzio Malasomma - Writer
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