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The Challenge
1938, May 09
1h 16m
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.
Directed by
Luis Trenker, Vincent Korda, Milton Rosmer
Bernard Miles
Villager (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
Young Officer (uncredited)
Milton Rosmer
Patrick Holt
Minor Role (uncredited)
Fred Groves
Favre
Mary Clare
His Mother
Robert Douglas
Edward Whymper
Howard Douglas
A Ropemaker
Cyril Smith
Customs Officer
Luis Trenker
Jean Antoine Carrel
Robert Rietti
Boy (uncredited)
Ralph Truman
Giordano
Joan Gardner
Felicitas - His Daughter
Lloyd Pearson
Seiler
Frank Birch
Rev. Charles Hudson
Geoffrey Wardwell
Lord Francis Douglas
Moran Caplat
Hadow
Lyonel Watts
Morris - Publisher
Laurence Baskcomb
The Podesta - Mayor
Reginald Jarman
Minister Sella
Tony Sympson
Luc Meynet
Violet Howard
Mrs. Seiler
Babita Soren
Mrs. Croz
Luis Gerold
Croz
Max Holzboer
Elder Taugwalder - Guide
Emmerich Albert
Younger Taugwalder (as Emeric Albert)
Hugo Lehner
Minor Role (uncredited)
Tarva Penna
Villager (uncredited)
D.J. Williams
Villager (uncredited)
John Gerald
C. Denier Warren
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