The Mountain Calls

The Mountain Calls

1938
1h 35m
7.1

7.1/10

9 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

"Feature film about the tragic first ascent of the Matterhorn 1865"

Overview

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.

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Language: DE

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Cast

Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker

Jean-Antoine Carrel

Herbert Dirmoser
Herbert Dirmoser

Edward Whymper

Heidemarie Hatheyer
Heidemarie Hatheyer

Felicitas

Peter Elsholtz
Peter Elsholtz

Giordano

Lucie Höflich
Lucie Höflich

Mother Carrel

Blandine Ebinger
Blandine Ebinger

Miss Sweaton

Lotte Spira
Lotte Spira

Mrs. Seiler

Maria Koppenhöfer
Maria Koppenhöfer

Mrs. Croz

Ernst Legal
Ernst Legal

Amtsrichter

Walter Franck
Walter Franck

Staatsanwalt

Erich Ziegel
Erich Ziegel

Verteidiger

Erich Dunskus
Erich Dunskus

Mailli

Key Crew

Luis Trenker
Director
Luis Trenker
Producer
Richard Billinger
Writer
Hanns Saßmann
Writer
Luis Trenker
Writer
Heinrich Schier
Producer