The Fight for the Matterhorn

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

Jean-Antoine Carrel

Marcella Albani

Felicitas, Wife of Carrel

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Alexandra Schmitt

Mother of Carrel

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Clifford McLaglen

Giaccomo

Peter Voß

Edward Whymper

Paul Graetz

Meynet

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Johanna Ewald

Wife of Meynet

Hannes Schneider

Cross

Ernst Petersen

Hadow

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Hugo Lehner

Hudson

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Luggi

Lord Douglas

Heinrich Gretler

Seiler, Hotelwirt