
The Fight for the Matterhorn
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.
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- switzerland
- mountain
- mountaineer
- europe
- climbing
- rivalry
- mountain climbing
- alps mountains
- swiss alps
- mountaineering
- european
- eurasia
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNew York City28 Jul 1929
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical29 Jul 1929
FinlandFI
- Theatrical30 Jan 1929
GermanyDE
- Theatrical3 Dec 1928
- Theatricalsound version13 Jul 1934
- TheatricalBerlin International Film Festival16 Feb 2018
HungaryHU
- Theatrical20 Feb 1930
JapanJP
- Theatrical22 May 1929
PortugalPT
- Theatrical23 Oct 1929
SpainES
- TheatricalBarcelona: Diana-Condal-Walkyria Royal13 Feb 1930
- TheatricalMadrid7 Jul 1930
SwitzerlandCH
- TheatricalGerman-speaking region of Switzerland27 Nov 1928
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The Fight for the Matterhorn was released on 27 November 1928.
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