The Fight for the Matterhorn

The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1928-11-27
  • User Rating: 9/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 57min
  • Language: No Language
  • Production Company: Cinéfilm AG
  • Production Country: Germany, Switzerland
  • Directors: Nunzio Malasomma, Mario Bonnard.
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Summary

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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  • 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
  • Paul Graetz

    as Meynet
  • Johanna Ewald

    as Wife of Meynet
  • Hannes Schneider

    as Cross
  • Ernst Petersen

    as Hadow
  • Hugo Lehner

    as Hudson
  • Luggi

    as Lord Douglas
  • Heinrich Gretler

    as Seiler, Hotelwirt
  • Erich Haußmann

    as Narrator
  • Hermann Mayer-Falkow

    as Narrator
  • Edith Robbers

    as Narrator
  • Peter Aufdenblatten

    as
  • Otto Furrer

    as
  • Edward Whymper

    as Related Character
Directing Nunzio Malasomma Director
Directing Mario Bonnard Director
Writing Arnold Fanck Writer
Writing Carl Haensel Novel
Writing Nunzio Malasomma Writer
Camera Willy Winterstein Director of Photography
Art Heinrich Richter Art Direction
Camera Sepp Allgeier Director of Photography

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