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The Fight for the Matterhorn  (1928)


9.0|27 Nov, 1928|117 min
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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.
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Keywords
mountain
mountaineering
alpinism
cervin
matterhorn
mountain pioneer

Casts

Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker
Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani
Marcella Albani
Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt
Mother of Carrel
Clifford McLaglen
Clifford McLaglen
Giaccomo
Peter Voß
Peter Voß
Edward Whymper
Paul Graetz
Paul Graetz
Meynet
Johanna Ewald
Wife of Meynet
Hannes Schneider
Hannes Schneider
Cross
Ernst Petersen
Ernst Petersen
Hadow
Hugo Lehner
Hudson
Luggi
Lord Douglas
Heinrich Gretler
Heinrich Gretler
Seiler, Hotelwirt
Erich Haußmann
Narrator
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Narrator
Edith Robbers
Narrator
Peter Aufdenblatten
Otto Furrer
Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper
Related Character

Crews

Nunzio Malasomma
Nunzio Malasomma
Director
Mario Bonnard
Mario Bonnard
Director
Arnold Fanck
Arnold Fanck
Writer
Carl Haensel
Novel
Nunzio Malasomma
Nunzio Malasomma
Writer
Willy Winterstein
Director of Photography
Heinrich Richter
Art Direction
Sepp Allgeier
Director of Photography