The Fight for the Matterhorn
Overview
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.
Cast
Luis Trenker
Jean-Antoine Carrel
Marcella Albani
Felicitas, Wife of Carrel
Alexandra Schmitt
Mother of Carrel
Clifford McLaglen
Giaccomo
Peter Voß
Edward Whymper
Paul Graetz
Meynet
Johanna Ewald
Wife of Meynet
Hannes Schneider
Cross
Ernst Petersen
Hadow
Hugo Lehner
Hudson
Luggi
Lord Douglas
Heinrich Gretler
Seiler, Hotelwirt
