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The Fight for the Matterhorn

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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.

Directed byNunzio Malasomma, Mario Bonnard, Luis Trenker

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 57m
Language
DE
Released
November 27, 1928
Studios
Cinéfilm AGHom-AG für Filmfabrikation

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Luis Trenker

Luis Trenker

Jean-Antoine Carrel

Marcella Albani

Marcella Albani

Felicitas, Wife of Carrel

Alexandra Schmitt

Mother of Carrel

Clifford McLaglen

Giaccomo

Peter Voß

Peter Voß

Edward Whymper

Paul Graetz

Paul Graetz

Meynet

Johanna Ewald

Wife of Meynet

Hannes Schneider

Hannes Schneider

Cross

Ernst Petersen

Ernst Petersen

Hadow

Hugo Lehner

Hudson

Creative team
Directed by
Nunzio Malasomma
Nunzio Malasomma
Mario Bonnard
Mario Bonnard
Written by
Arnold Fanck
Arnold Fanck
Nunzio Malasomma
Nunzio Malasomma
Produced by
Artur Hohenberg
Moisy Markus

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