Release Date

06 Jan, 1938

Runtime

01:35: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Feature film about the tragic first ascent of the Matterhorn 1865

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 The Challenge, shot the same year in English.

Original Title

Der Berg ruft

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Actors

Luis Trenker

Herbert Dirmoser

Heidemarie Hatheyer

Peter Elsholtz

Lucie Höflich

Blandine Ebinger

Lotte Spira

Maria Koppenhöfer

Ernst Legal

Walter Franck

Erich Ziegel

Erich Dunskus

Max Holzboer

Emmerich Albert

Paul Bildt

Olga Schaub

Herbert Gernot

Josef Kamper

Josef Reithofer

Umberto Sacripante

Reinhold Pasch

Crew

Luis Trenker

Luis Trenker

Carl Haensel

Richard Billinger

Hanns Saßmann

Luis Trenker

Heinrich Schier

Giuseppe Becce

Sepp Allgeier

Albert Benitz

Otto Martini

Walter Riml

Klaus von Rautenfeld

Waldemar Gaede