Struggle for the Matterhorn

Struggle for the 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. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.

It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Switzerland.

Plot

Based on a 1928 novel by Carl Haensel, the film depicts the battle between British and Italian climbers to be the first to climb the Matterhorn.

Cast

Luis Trenker as Jean-Antoine Carrel

Marcella Albani as Felicitas, Carrel's wife

as Mother of Carrel

Clifford McLaglen as Giaccomo

Peter Voß as Edward Whymper

Paul Graetz as Meynet

as Meynet's wife

Hannes Schneider as Cross

Ernst Petersen as Hadow

Hugo Lehner as Hudson

Luggi as Lord Douglas

Heinrich Gretler as Seiler, hotel Host

References

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1920s adventure drama films

1920s historical films

German historical films

German drama films

German adventure films

Swiss drama films

Films of the Weimar Republic

German silent feature films

Swiss silent films

Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma

Films directed by Mario Bonnard

Films set in Switzerland

Films set in Italy

Films set in England

Films set in the Alps

Films set in the 1860s

Films set in the 19th century

Films shot in Switzerland

Mountaineering films

Films based on German novels

Matterhorn

Films shot at Johannisthal Studios

UFA GmbH films

German black-and-white films

Silent drama films

Silent adventure films

1920s German films