The Fight for the Matterhorn

The Fight for the Matterhorn

117 mins | Drama | Nov. 27, 1928

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.

The Fight for the Matterhorn

117 mins | Drama | Nov. 27, 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.
Producers Cinéfilm AG, Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation
Original title Der Kampf ums Matterhorn
Directors Nunzio Malasomma, Mario Bonnard
Writers Carl Haensel, Nunzio Malasomma, Arnold Fanck

Cast

Luis Trenker

as Jean-Antoine Carrel

Marcella Albani

as Felicitas, Wife of Carrel

Alexandra Schmitt

as Mother of Carrel

Clifford McLaglen

as Giaccomo

Peter Voß

as Edward Whymper

Paul Graetz

as Meynet

Johanna Ewald

as Wife of Meynet

Hannes Schneider

as Cross

Ernst Petersen

as Hadow

Hugo Lehner

as Hudson

Luggi

as Lord Douglas

Heinrich Gretler

as Seiler, Hotelwirt

Erich Haußmann

as Narrator

Hermann Mayer-Falkow

as Narrator

Edith Robbers

as Narrator