The Fight for the Matterhorn
The Fight for the Matterhorn

The Fight for the Matterhorn

November 27, 1928 | 117 min

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.

Genres

Drama

Cast

Naomi Scott

Luis Trenker

Naomi Scott

Marcella Albani

Naomi Scott

Alexandra Schmitt

Naomi Scott

Clifford McLaglen

Naomi Scott

Peter Voß

Naomi Scott

Paul Graetz

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