(Der Kampf ums Matterhorn)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Germany,

Switzerland

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

117 minutes

Year:

1928

Directors:

Nunzio Malasomma

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Production companies:

Cinéfilm AG,

Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation

Actors:

Jean-Antoine Carrel

Felicitas, Wife of Carrel

Mother of Carrel

Giaccomo

Edward Whymper

Crews:

Director

Director

Writer

Novel

Writer