The Mountain Calls
Feature film about the tragic first ascent of the Matterhorn 1865
1938 · 1h 35m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Luis Trenker
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.
Director and cast
- Luis Trenker Director
- Luis Trenker as Jean-Antoine Carrel
- Herbert Dirmoser as Edward Whymper
- Heidemarie Hatheyer as Felicitas
- Peter Elsholtz as Giordano
- Lucie Höflich as Mutter Carrel
- Blandine Ebinger as Miss Sweaton
- Lotte Spira as Frau Seiler
- Maria Koppenhöfer as Frau Croz
- Ernst Legal Cast
- Walter Franck Cast
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