The Mountain Calls

Feature film about the tragic first ascent of the Matterhorn 1865

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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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Creators

Luis Trenker

director

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Carl Haensel

writer

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Richard Billinger

writer

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Hanns Saßmann

writer

Luis Trenker

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Cast

Luis Trenker actor

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Herbert Dirmoser actor

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Heidemarie Hatheyer actor

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Peter Elsholtz actor Lucie Höflich actor

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Blandine Ebinger actor

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Lotte Spira actor

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Maria Koppenhöfer actor Ernst Legal actor

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Walter Franck actor Erich Ziegel actor

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Erich Dunskus actor

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Max Holzboer actor

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Emmerich Albert actor Paul Bildt actor

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Olga Schaub actor

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Herbert Gernot actor

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Josef Kamper actor

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Josef Reithofer actor

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Umberto Sacripante actor