The Fight for the Matterhorn backdrop
The Fight for the Matterhorn poster
Trailer
The Fight for the Matterhorn
9.0
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1h 57m
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1928
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Released
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.

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