The Fight for the Matterhorn (1928)
• November 27th, 1928 • 1h 57min
Drama
Overview
Struggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio Malasomma and starring Luis Trenker, Marcella Albani, and Alexandra Schmitt. The film is part of the popular cycle of mountain films of the 1920s and 1930s. Art direction was by Heinrich Richter. Based on a novel by Carl Haensel, the film depicts the battle between British and Italian climbers to be the first to climb the Matterhorn. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Sissi: The Young Empress
Released on: 1956-12-01
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress...
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Released on: 2000-07-06
Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physical...
Dogville
Released on: 2003-05-21
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange fo...
Winter Sleepers
Released on: 1997-10-30
Drama, Romance
Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa ow...
Seven Years in Tibet
Released on: 1997-09-12
Adventure, Drama, History
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedit...
8½ Circles
Released on: 2016-08-25
Adventure, Drama
The higher you climb, the deeper you fall. A psycho-drama about a professional mountain climber who'...
The Slopes of Triglav
Released on: 1932-12-09
Drama
Miha invites his fiancée Minka to the dance, but he's tempted by another big desire of his - climbin...
Balance
Released on: 2012-06-01
Action, Drama
Friends Henderson and Morris are climbing a mountain, connected by a rope. They take an easy passage...
Out of Nature
Released on: 2014-09-19
Comedy, Drama
Out of Nature is a journey inside Martins head. A family father in his 30s living in a small town of...
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Released on: 2002-02-23
Comedy, Drama, Horror
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first gu...
Black Narcissus
Released on: 1947-05-26
Drama
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climat...
North Face
Released on: 2008-10-23
Adventure, Drama, Action, History, Thriller
North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their att...
Girl from the Mountains
Released on: 1972-01-07
War, Drama
The relationship between a boy and a girl shortly after the start of the war and the arrival of the ...
K2
Released on: 1991-10-10
Thriller, Action, Adventure, Drama
They call it the savage mountain. 27 people have perished trying to reach the summit on K2, the worl...
Before the Rain
Released on: 1994-06-09
Drama, War
The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the war in ...
Undertow
Released on: 1996-03-26
Drama, Action, Thriller, TV Movie
After his car breaks down, Jack seeks shelter, lost in a thunderstorm in a remote shack in the woods...
The Good Ground
Released on: 2018-03-01
Drama
A young woman with cancer travels to a remote wilderness zone in Northern Italy in search of an alte...
The Hateful Eight
Released on: 2015-12-25
Drama, Mystery, Western
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and decep...
Lone Wolf
Released on: 1972-07-12
Family, Drama
The film follows a young boy named Ranko who discovers a large German Shepherd in the mountains, a r...