The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)
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.
Directors: Nunzio Malasomma, Mario Bonnard, Luis Trenker.
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Luis Trenker as Jean-Antoine Carrel |
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Marcella Albani as Felicitas, Wife of Carrel |
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Alexandra Schmitt as Mother of Carrel |
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Clifford McLaglen as Giaccomo |
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Peter Voß as Edward Whymper |
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Paul Graetz as Meynet |
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Johanna Ewald as Wife of Meynet |
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Hannes Schneider as Cross |
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Ernst Petersen as Hadow |
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Hugo Lehner as Hudson |
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Luggi as Lord Douglas |
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Heinrich Gretler as Seiler, Hotelwirt |
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Erich Haußmann as Narrator |
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Hermann Mayer-Falkow as Narrator |
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Edith Robbers as Narrator |
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Peter Aufdenblatten as Mountain guide (uncredited) |
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Otto Furrer as Mountain guide (uncredited) |
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Edward Whymper as Related Character |
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Helene Roberts as Narrator |
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Richard Angst as Mountain guide (uncredited) |
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Peter Taugwalder as Related Character |
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Michel Croz as Related Character |
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Jean-Antoine Carrel as Related Character |
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Francis Douglas as Related Character |
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Douglas Hadow as Related Character |
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Charles Hudson as Related Character |
| Directing | Nunzio Malasomma | Director |
| Directing | Mario Bonnard | Director |
| Writing | Arnold Fanck | Writer |
| Writing | Carl Haensel | Novel |
| Writing | Nunzio Malasomma | Writer |
| Camera | Willy Winterstein | Director of Photography |
| Art | Heinrich Richter | Art Direction |
| Camera | Sepp Allgeier | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Luis Trenker | Director |
| Production | Artur Hohenberg | Producer |
| Production | Moisy Markus | Producer |
| Production | Stefan Markus | Producer |
| Crew | Sepp Allgeier | Cinematography |
| Crew | Willy Winterstein | Cinematography |
| Editing | Arnold Fanck | Editor |
| Production | Victor Skutezky | Unit Manager |
| Production | Luis Trenker | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Emmerich Albert | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Victor Skutezky | Location Manager |
| Production | Luis Trenker | Location Manager |
