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The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)

The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)

Drama
Release Date: 1928, November 27
Directors: Nunzio Malasomma, Mario Bonnard
Countries: Switzerland, Germany
Production: Cinéfilm AG, Cinéfilm AG, Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation, Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation
Cast: Edward Whymper, Peter Voß, Luis Trenker, Erich Haußmann, Heinrich Gretler, Hermann Mayer-Falkow, Hannes Schneider, Paul Graetz, Marcella Albani, Clifford McLaglen, Johanna Ewald, Alexandra Schmitt

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.

Keywords:

mountain mountaineering alpinism matterhorn mountain pioneer cervin