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Drama

The Fight for the Matterhorn

User Score2 votes
90%9.0/10
Release1928
Runtime1H 57M
LanguageNo Language
StatusReleased

Synopsis

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.

Principal Cast8

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Director

Nunzio Malasomma

Nunzio Malasomma

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Keywords

mountainmountaineeringalpinismcervinmatterhornmountain pioneer

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Countries:GermanySwitzerland
Production:Cinéfilm AGHom-AG für Filmfabrikation