The Fight for the Matterhorn
Drama
★ 8.2/1019281h 57m
Director: Nunzio Malasomma
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.
Runtime
1h 57m
Language
German
Released
Nov 27, 1928
Runtime
1h 57m
Language
German
Released
Nov 27, 1928
Cast
Luis Trenker
Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani
Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt
Alexandra Schmitt
Mother of Carrel
Clifford McLaglen
Clifford McLaglen
Giaccomo
Peter Voß
Edward Whymper
Paul Graetz
Meynet
Johanna Ewald
Johanna Ewald
Wife of Meynet
Hannes Schneider
Cross
Ernst Petersen
Hadow
Hugo Lehner
Hugo Lehner
Hudson
Luggi
Luggi
Lord Douglas
Heinrich Gretler
Seiler, Hotelwirt
Erich Haußmann
Erich Haußmann
Narrator
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Narrator
Edith Robbers
Edith Robbers
Narrator
Peter Aufdenblatten
Peter Aufdenblatten
Mountain guide (uncredited)
Otto Furrer
Otto Furrer
Mountain guide (uncredited)
Edward Whymper
Related Character
Helene Roberts
Helene Roberts
Narrator
Richard Angst
Richard Angst
Mountain guide (uncredited)
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