
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.
Release Date: 11/27/1928
Runtime: 117 minutes
Languages: No Language
Directors: Nunzio Malasomma, Mario Bonnard
00Companies: Cinéfilm AG, Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation
Countries: Germany, Switzerland

Peter Voß
Edward Whymper

Luis Trenker
Jean-Antoine Carrel

Marcella Albani
Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt
Mother of Carrel
Clifford McLaglen
Giaccomo

Peter Voß
Edward Whymper

Paul Graetz
Meynet
Johanna Ewald
Wife of Meynet

Hannes Schneider
Cross

Ernst Petersen
Hadow
Hugo Lehner
Hudson
Luggi
Lord Douglas

Heinrich Gretler
Seiler, Hotelwirt
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