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The Fight for the Matterhorn

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Release: 27/11/1928

Duration: 1h 57m

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.

Country: Germany, Switzerland

Language: No Language

Writers

Production

Cinéfilm AG

Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation

Cast

Luis Trenker

Luis Trenker

Jean-Antoine Carr..

Marcella Albani

Marcella Albani

Felicitas, Wife o..

Alexandra Schmitt

Alexandra Schmi..

Mother of Carrel

Peter Voß

Peter Voß

Edward Whymper

Johanna Ewald

Johanna Ewald

Wife of Meynet

Luggi

Luggi

Lord Douglas

Heinrich Gretler

Heinrich Gretle..

Seiler, Hotelwirt

Edward Whymper

Edward Whymper

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