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The Mountain Calls
1938, Jan 06
1h 35m
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.
Directed by
Luis Trenker
Written by
Luis Trenker, Richard Billinger, Hanns Saßmann
Blandine Ebinger
Miss Sweaton
Paul Bildt
Minister Sella
Luis Trenker
Jean-Antoine Carrel
Bruno Hübner
Stefano
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Felicitas
Walter Franck
Staatsanwalt
Ernst Legal
Amtsrichter
Josef Reithofer
(uncredited)
Maria Koppenhöfer
Mrs. Croz
Lucie Höflich
Mother Carrel
Erich Dunskus
Mailli
Lotte Spira
Mrs. Seiler
Peter Taugwalder
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Jean-Antoine Carrel
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Peter Elsholtz
Giordano
Francis Douglas
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Friedrich Ulmer
Favre
Michel Croz
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Herbert Dirmoser
Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper
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Douglas Hadow
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Charles Hudson
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Erich Ziegel
Verteidiger
Max Holzboer
Taugwalder - Father (as Dr. M. Holzboer)
Emmerich Albert
Taugwalder - Son
Olga Schaub
Herbert Gernot
Josef Kamper
Umberto Sacripante
Luc Meynet
Reinhold Pasch
Hudson
Robert Thiem
Hadow
Kunibert Gensichen
Douglas
Luis Gerold
Mountain Guide Croz
Armin Schweizer
Mr. Seiler
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