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Poster for The Fight for the Matterhorn

The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)

★ 9.0/10 117 min Drama Germany, Switzerland German
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Description

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.

Top Cast

Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani
Marcella Albani Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt Mother of Carrel
Clifford McLaglen Giaccomo
Peter Voß
Peter Voß Edward Whymper
Paul Graetz
Paul Graetz Meynet
Johanna Ewald Wife of Meynet
Hannes Schneider
Hannes Schneider Cross

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