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The Challenge

The Matterhorn Claimed More Than Their Lives

6.3(9)19381h 16m1

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
English
  • switzerland
  • mountain
  • mountaineer
  • rope
  • europe
  • based on true story
  • talkie
  • climbing
  • disaster
  • black and white
  • death
  • summit

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatricalexact day of release unknown1 Sept 1939
    • Theatricalre-release, exact day unknown1 May 1948
    • TVSt. Louis, Missouri, TV premiere15 Aug 1948
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalLondon9 May 1938
    • Theatricalgeneral release14 Sept 1938
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical23 Jul 1945
  • South AfricaZA

    • TheatricalJohannesburg26 Oct 1939
    • TheatricalCape Town9 Nov 1939

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The Challenge was released on 9 May 1938.

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