![The Fight for the Matterhorn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/fe2Mbt4VHXsm2GcEZuY4jxCRmqB.jpg)
π Overview:
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.
π Languages Available:
No Language
π Date Released:
1928-11-27
β Running Time:
117 mins
β Vote Average:
9.0
Beloved Cast
![Luis Trenker original image](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/yAYclg4lnpWLO9iQVdXd2ectAtx.jpg)
Jean-Antoine Carrel
Luis Trenker
![Marcella Albani original image](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nMWYdeG23mFhgrVZApqY7WLqUHM.jpg)
Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Marcella Albani
![Alexandra Schmitt original image](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/male-default-placeholder-avatar-profile-260nw-387516193.jpg)
Mother of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt
![Clifford McLaglen original image](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eaG9bJ0x9C6Kuc9HJBICXIKjwEI.jpg)
Giaccomo
Clifford McLaglen
![Peter VoΓ original image](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8ulZui4Exb56OCgTgNDARu2vB8E.jpg)
Edward Whymper
Peter VoΓ
![Paul Graetz original image](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6a33bR6es2sA0cfZswoCceXaRM5.jpg)
Meynet
Paul Graetz
![Johanna Ewald original image](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/male-default-placeholder-avatar-profile-260nw-387516193.jpg)
Wife of Meynet
Johanna Ewald
![Hannes Schneider original image](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eSP3tD3sidiXL5LEPOxA8va3ZgB.jpg)
Cross
Hannes Schneider
![Ernst Petersen original image](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2QM2JEvdb6Jj8lEecUrZ7wsUVJ6.jpg)
Hadow
Ernst Petersen
![Hugo Lehner original image](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/male-default-placeholder-avatar-profile-260nw-387516193.jpg)
Hudson
Hugo Lehner
![Luggi original image](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/male-default-placeholder-avatar-profile-260nw-387516193.jpg)
Lord Douglas
Luggi
![Heinrich Gretler original image](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/w4kI5xWkrVjbea3sHKvzxlQWFSe.jpg)
Seiler, Hotelwirt
Heinrich Gretler
![Erich HauΓmann original image](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/male-default-placeholder-avatar-profile-260nw-387516193.jpg)
Narrator
Erich HauΓmann
![Hermann Mayer-Falkow original image](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/male-default-placeholder-avatar-profile-260nw-387516193.jpg)
Narrator
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
![Edith Robbers original image](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/male-default-placeholder-avatar-profile-260nw-387516193.jpg)
Narrator
Edith Robbers
![Peter Aufdenblatten original image](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/male-default-placeholder-avatar-profile-260nw-387516193.jpg)
Peter Aufdenblatten
![Otto Furrer original image](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/male-default-placeholder-avatar-profile-260nw-387516193.jpg)
Otto Furrer
![Edward Whymper original image](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gB9p6i8Gyeed4HWPA26a1ODJvEk.jpg)
Related Character
Edward Whymper