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The Fight for the Matterhorn

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Calorie Rating: 164
Released: 1928-11-27
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Studios: Cinéfilm AG, Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Luis Trenker
Character: Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani
Character: Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt
Character: Mother of Carrel

Clifford McLaglen
Character: Giaccomo
Peter Voß
Character: Edward Whymper
Paul Graetz
Character: Meynet

Johanna Ewald
Character: Wife of Meynet
Hannes Schneider
Character: Cross
Ernst Petersen
Character: Hadow

Hugo Lehner
Character: Hudson
Luggi
Character: Lord Douglas
Heinrich Gretler
Character: Seiler, Hotelwirt

Erich Haußmann
Character: Narrator
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Character: Narrator
Edith Robbers
Character: Narrator

Edward Whymper
Character: Related Character


Production and Crew


Sepp Allgeier
Director of Photography
Willy Winterstein
Director of Photography
Heinrich Richter
Art Direction