Release Date

09 May, 1938

Runtime

01:16: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The Matterhorn Claimed More Than Their Lives

During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled Der Berg Ruft, shot the same year in German.

Original Title

The Challenge

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Actors

Robert Douglas

Luis Trenker

Joan Gardner

Frank Birch

Geoffrey Wardwell

Moran Caplat

Lyonel Watts

Mary Clare

Fred Groves

Laurence Baskcomb

Ralph Truman

Reginald Jarman

Tony Sympson

Cyril Smith

Lloyd Pearson

Violet Howard

Babita Soren

Luis Gerold

Max Holzboer

Emmerich Albert

Howard Douglas

Crew

Luis Trenker

Emeric Pressburger

Milton Rosmer

Milton Rosmer

Patrick Kirwan

Frederick Pusey

Georges Périnal

Allan Gray

A.W. Watkins

Harold Cox

Edward B. Jarvis

Muir Mathieson

Albert Benitz

Vincent Korda