The Mountain Calls (1938)
During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled The Challenge, shot the same year in English.
Director: Luis Trenker
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Luis Trenker as Jean-Antoine Carrel |
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Herbert Dirmoser as Edward Whymper |
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Heidemarie Hatheyer as Felicitas |
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Peter Elsholtz as Giordano |
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Lucie Höflich as Mother Carrel |
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Blandine Ebinger as Miss Sweaton |
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Lotte Spira as Mrs. Seiler |
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Maria Koppenhöfer as Mrs. Croz |
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Ernst Legal as Amtsrichter |
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Walter Franck as Staatsanwalt |
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Erich Ziegel as Verteidiger |
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Erich Dunskus as Mailli |
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Max Holzboer as Taugwalder - Father (as Dr. M. Holzboer) |
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Emmerich Albert as Taugwalder - Son |
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Paul Bildt as Minister Sella |
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Olga Schaub as |
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Herbert Gernot as |
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Josef Kamper as |
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Josef Reithofer as (uncredited) |
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Umberto Sacripante as Luc Meynet |
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Reinhold Pasch as Hudson |
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Robert Thiem as Hadow |
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Kunibert Gensichen as Douglas |
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Luis Gerold as Mountain Guide Croz |
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Friedrich Ulmer as Favre |
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Bruno Hübner as Stefano |
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Armin Schweizer as Mr. Seiler |
| Directing | Luis Trenker | Director |
| Production | Luis Trenker | Producer |
| Writing | Carl Haensel | Novel |
| Writing | Richard Billinger | Writer |
| Writing | Hanns Saßmann | Writer |
| Writing | Luis Trenker | Writer |
| Production | Heinrich Schier | Producer |
| Sound | Giuseppe Becce | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Sepp Allgeier | Cinematography |
| Crew | Albert Benitz | Cinematography |
| Crew | Otto Martini | Cinematography |
| Crew | Walter Riml | Cinematography |
| Crew | Klaus von Rautenfield | Cinematography |
| Editing | Waldemar Gaede | Editor |
| Editing | Fritz Stapenhorst | Editor |
| Art | Erich Grave | Art Direction |
| Art | Herbert Ploberger | Art Direction |
| Production | Rudolf Fichtner | Production Manager |
| Sound | Erich Thurban | Sound |
| Sound | Alfred Zunft | Sound |
| Camera | Ernst Baumann | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Hans Brunow | Dialogue Coach |
