November 27, 1928
Release Date

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The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)

Name: The Fight for the Matterhorn
Genre: Drama
Released: 1928-11-27

1h 57m

Running Time

November 27, 1928
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Release Date
November 27, 1928

Original Name
Der Kampf ums Matterhorn

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 57m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2024-09-23

This Movie Is About.

mountain

mountaineering

alpinism

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matterhorn

mountain pioneer

Wiki.

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. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.

It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Switzerland.