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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.
January 6, 1938
Luis Trenker-Film
27 people
Luis Trenker
Jean-Antoine Carrel
Acting
Herbert Dirmoser
Edward Whymper
Acting
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Felicitas
Acting
Peter Elsholtz
Giordano
Acting
Lucie Höflich
Mother Carrel
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Blandine Ebinger
Miss Sweaton
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Lotte Spira
Mrs. Seiler
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Maria Koppenhöfer
Mrs. Croz
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Ernst Legal
Amtsrichter
Acting
Walter Franck
Staatsanwalt
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Erich Ziegel
Verteidiger
Acting
Erich Dunskus
Mailli
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