The Fight for the Matterhorn
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.
Directed by Mario Bonnard · Written by Arnold Fanck
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Cast
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Luis Trenker Jean-Antoine Carrel -
Marcella Albani Felicitas, Wife of Carrel - Alexandra Schmitt Mother of Carrel
- Clifford McLaglen Giaccomo
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Peter Voß Edward Whymper -
Paul Graetz Meynet - Johanna Ewald Wife of Meynet
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Hannes Schneider Cross -
Ernst Petersen Hadow - Hugo Lehner Hudson
- Luggi Lord Douglas
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Heinrich Gretler Seiler, Hotelwirt
Make it a double feature
3h 5m together
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