The Challenge

The Challenge

1938
1h 16m
6.3

6.3/10

9 votes • View on IMDb
Romance Adventure History Drama

"The Matterhorn Claimed More Than Their Lives"

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 Der Berg Ruft, shot the same year in German.

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Language: EN

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Cast

Robert Douglas
Robert Douglas

Edward Whymper

Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker

Jean Antoine Carrel

Joan Gardner
Joan Gardner

Felicitas - His Daughter

Frank Birch
Frank Birch

Rev. Charles Hudson

Geoffrey Wardwell
Geoffrey Wardwell

Lord Francis Douglas

Moran Caplat
Moran Caplat

Hadow

Lyonel Watts
Lyonel Watts

Morris - Publisher

Mary Clare
Mary Clare

His Mother

Fred Groves
Fred Groves

Favre

Laurence Baskcomb
Laurence Baskcomb

The Podesta - Mayor

Ralph Truman
Ralph Truman

Giordano

Reginald Jarman
Reginald Jarman

Minister Sella

Key Crew

Milton Rosmer
Director
Luis Trenker
Director
Emeric Pressburger
Screenplay
Alexander Korda
Producer
Günther Stapenhorst
Producer
Vincent Korda
Director