Der Kampf ums Matterhorn (1928)
The Fight for the Matterhorn
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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Luis Trenker
as Jean-Antoine Carrel
as Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani
as Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
as Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt
as Mother of Carrel
as Mother of Carrel
Clifford McLaglen
as Giaccomo
as Giaccomo
Peter Voß
as Edward Whymper
as Edward Whymper
Paul Graetz
as Meynet
as Meynet
Johanna Ewald
as Wife of Meynet
as Wife of Meynet
Hannes Schneider
as Cross
as Cross
Ernst Petersen
as Hadow
as Hadow
Hugo Lehner
as Hudson
as Hudson
Luggi
as Lord Douglas
as Lord Douglas
Heinrich Gretler
as Seiler, Hotelwirt
as Seiler, Hotelwirt
Erich Haußmann
as Narrator
as Narrator
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
as Narrator
as Narrator
Edith Robbers
as Narrator
as Narrator
Peter Aufdenblatten
as
as
Otto Furrer
as
as
Edward Whymper
as Related Character
as Related Character
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Nunzio Malasomma
Director
Director
Mario Bonnard
Director
Director
Arnold Fanck
Writer
Writer
Carl Haensel
Novel
Novel
Nunzio Malasomma
Writer
Writer
Willy Winterstein
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Heinrich Richter
Art Direction
Art Direction
Sepp Allgeier
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
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