The Fight for the Matterhorn
1928Struggle 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.
Acted in
Luis Trenker
as Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani
as Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt
as Mother of Carrel
Clifford McLaglen
as Giaccomo
Peter Voß
as Edward Whymper
Paul Graetz
as Meynet
Johanna Ewald
as Wife of Meynet
Hannes Schneider
as Cross
Ernst Petersen
as Hadow
Hugo Lehner
as Hudson
Luggi
as Lord Douglas
Heinrich Gretler
as Seiler, Hotelwirt
Erich Haußmann
as Narrator
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
as Narrator
Edith Robbers
as Narrator
Peter Aufdenblatten
Otto Furrer
Edward Whymper
as Related Character