The Challenge (1938)
1h 16m
Running Time
September 14, 1938Release Date
The Challenge (1938)
1h 16m
Running Time
September 14, 1938Release Date
Plot.
Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
Where to Watch.
SubsCurrently The Challenge is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Robert Douglas
Edward Whymper
Frank Birch
Rev. Charles Hudson
Geoffrey Wardwell
Lord Francis Douglas
Moran Caplat
Hadow
Lyonel Watts
Morris - Publisher
Luis Trenker
Jean Antoine Carrel
Vincent Korda
Director
Mary Clare
His Mother
Fred Groves
Favre
Joan Gardner
Felicitas - His Daughter
Laurence Baskcomb
The Podesta - Mayor
Ralph Truman
Giordano
Milton Rosmer
Director
Reginald Jarman
Minister Sella
Tony Sympson
Luc Meynet
Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Cyril Smith
Customs Officer
Patrick Kirwan
Writer
Lloyd Pearson
Seiler
Violet Howard
Mrs. Seiler
Günther Stapenhorst
Producer
Babita Soren
Mrs. Croz
Allan Gray
Composer
Albert Benitz
Cinematographer
Luis Gerold
Croz
Max Holzboer
Elder Taugwalder - Guide
Georges Périnal
Cinematographer
Edward B. Jarvis
Editor
Emmerich Albert
Younger Taugwalder
Howard Douglas
A Ropemaker
Bernard Miles
Villager
Tarva Penna
Villager
Details.
Wiki.
The Challenge is a 1938 British drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Luis Trenker and starring Robert Douglas and Luis Trenker. The film is about the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 by Edward Whymper.
This British film is one of two 1938 Trenker remakes of Struggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) in which Trenker acted in 1928, the other being the German The Mountain Calls (German: Der Berg ruft).