The Mountain Calls (1938)

Name: The Mountain Calls
Genre: Drama
Released: 1938-01-06

1h 35m

Running Time

Plot.

The Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since the climb is very difficult, he agrees to try it together with the British mountaineer Whymper. But due to an intrigue this agreement is dropped and the two man try it on the same day with two different teams and then disaster strikes.

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Details.

Release Date
January 6, 1938

Original Name
Der Berg ruft

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 35m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

mountain

climbing

Wiki.

The Mountain Calls (German: Der Berg ruft) is a film directed by Luis Trenker which recreates the struggle between Edward Whymper and Jean-Antoine Carrel for the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865.

This German film is one of two 1938 Trenker remakes of Struggle for the Matterhorn in which Trenker acted in 1928, the other being the British The Challenge.