The Mountain Calls (1938)
1h 35m
Running Time
January 6, 1938Release Date
The Mountain Calls (1938)
1h 35m
Running Time
January 6, 1938Release Date
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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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Cast & Crew.
Luis Trenker
Jean Antoine Carrel
Herbert Dirmoser
Whymper
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Felicitas
Peter Elsholtz
Giordano
Lucie Höflich
Mutter Carrel
Lotte Spira
Frau Seiler
Blandine Ebinger
Miß Sweaton
Maria Koppenhöfer
Frau Croz
Umberto Sacripante
Luc Meynet
Ernst Legal
Amtsrichter
Reginald Pasch
Hudson
Walter Franck
Staatsanwalt
Robert Thiem
Hadow
Erich Ziegel
Verteidiger
Kunibert Gensichen
Douglas
Erich Dunskus
Mailli
Max Holzboer
Taugwalder - Vater
Carl Haensel
Writer
Emmerich Albert
Taugwalder - Sohn
Richard Billinger
Writer
Paul Bildt
Minister Sella
Heinrich Schier
Producer
Giuseppe Becce
Composer
Sepp Allgeier
Cinematographer
Media.
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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.