The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)
1h 57m
Running Time
November 27, 1928Release Date
The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)
1h 57m
Running Time
November 27, 1928Release Date
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Luis Trenker
Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani
Felicitas - Carrels Frau
Clifford McLaglen
Giaccomo
Peter Voß
Edward Whymper
Alexandra Schmitt
Carrels Mutter
Paul Graetz
Meynet
Mario Bonnard
Director
Nunzio Malasomma
Director
Johanna Ewald
Wife of Meynet
Hannes Schneider
Cross
Arnold Fanck
Writer
Ernst Petersen
Hadow
Carl Haensel
Writer
Hugo Lehner
Hudson
Luggi
Lord Douglas
Heinrich Gretler
Seiler, Hotelwirt
Erich Haußmann
Narrator
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Narrator
Edith Robbers
Narrator
Edward Whymper
Related Character
Heinrich Richter
Art Direction
Willy Winterstein
Director of Photography
Sepp Allgeier
Director of Photography
Otto Furrer
Peter Aufdenblatten
Details.
Release DateNovember 27, 1928
Original NameDer Kampf ums Matterhorn
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Genres
Wiki.
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. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.
It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Switzerland.