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The Fight for the Matterhorn

The Fight for the Matterhorn

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Drama
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: No Language
📆 Date Released: 1928-11-27
⌚ Running Time: 117 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 9.0

Beloved Cast

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

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