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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1928-11-27
Runtime: 117 mins
Director: Mario Bonnard, Nunzio Malasomma
Writer: Arnold Fanck, Nunzio Malasomma
Spoken language: No Language
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Fight for the Matterhorn
Production Companies: Cinéfilm AG, Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation
Production Countries: Germany, Switzerland
Cast
Luis Trenker
Marcella Albani
Alexandra Schmitt
Clifford McLaglen
Peter Voß
Paul Graetz
Johanna Ewald
Hannes Schneider
Ernst Petersen
Hugo Lehner
Luggi
Heinrich Gretler
Erich Haußmann
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
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