Struggle for the Matterhorn

1928 film

Struggle for the Matterhorn
German theatrical release poster

German	Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen?

Directed by	Mario Bonnard Nunzio Malasomma
Written by	Arnold Fanck Nunzio Malasomma
Based on	Der Kampf ums Matterhorn by Carl Haensel
Starring	Luis Trenker Marcella Albani Alexandra Schmitt [als; de; fr]
Cinematography	Sepp Allgeier Willy Winterstein
Production companies	Cinéfilm AG Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation
Distributed by	Universum Film AG
Release dates	27 November 1928 (1928-11-27) (Switzerland) 3 December 1928 (1928-12-03) (Germany)
Running time	82 minutes
Countries	Germany Switzerland
Languages	Silent German intertitles

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. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.

Plot

Based on a 1928 novel by Carl Haensel, the film depicts the battle between British and Italian climbers to be the first to climb the Matterhorn.

"The Fight for Matterhorn" Film Daily, 4 Aug 1929 pg 9
Hoffmann, Hilmar (1997). The Triumph of Propaganda: Film and National Socialism, 1933–1945. Translated by Broadwin, John; Berghahn, Volker R. Providence: Berghahn Books. ISBN 1571811222.

v t e Films directed by Mario Bonnard
The Betrothed (1923) The Circus of Life (1926) The Golden Abyss (1927) The Sinner (1928) Theatre (1928) Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928) Call at Midnight (1929) The Call of the North (1929) The Son of the White Mountain (1930) Five to Nil (1932) No Women (1932) Three Lucky Fools (1933) The Missing Treaty (1933) The Wedding March (1934) Territorial Militia (1935) Adam's Tree (1936) Thirty Seconds of Love (1936) The Ferocious Saladin (1937) The Count of Brechard (1938) I, His Father (1939) Frenzy (1939) Father for a Night (1939) The King's Jester (1941) Marco Visconti (1941) Before the Postman (1942) Rossini (1942) The Peddler and the Lady (1943) Romulus and the Sabines (1945) What a Distinguished Family (1945) Farewell, My Beautiful Naples (1946) City of Pain (1948) Margaret of Cortona (1950) The Vow (1950) Stasera sciopero (1951) The Last Sentence (1951) Torment of the Past (1952) I figli non si vendono (1952) Frine, Courtesan of Orient (1953) Concert of Intrigue (1954) They Stole a Tram (1954) La ladra (1955) Allow Me, Daddy! (1956) Slave Women of Corinth (1958) The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) Gastone (1960) Rome 1585 (1961)

Films directed by Mario Bonnard

v t e Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma
Mister Radio (1924) One Minute to Twelve (1925) The King and the Girl (1925) One Against All (1927) Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928) The Call of the North (1929) The Son of the White Mountain (1930) The Man with the Claw (1931) The Opera Singer (1932) The Telephone Operator (1932) The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934) I Don't Know You Anymore (1936) Lohengrin (1936) Red Orchids (1938) The Night of Decision (1938) The Secret Lie (1938) Woman Without a Past (1939) Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940) Scampolo (1941) Torrents of Spring (1942) Two Suffer Better Than One (1943) The White Devil (1947) The Devil in the Convent (1950) Four Red Roses (1951)

Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma

v t e Films directed by Arnold Fanck
Mountain of Destiny (1924) Die Weiße Kunst (1924) The Holy Mountain (1926) The Great Leap (1927) Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928) The White Stadium (1928) The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) Stürme über dem Mont Blanc (1930) The White Ecstasy (1931) S.O.S. Eisberg (1933) The Eternal Dream (1934) Rêve éternel (1935) The Daughter of the Samurai (1937) A German Robinson Crusoe (1940)

Films directed by Arnold Fanck

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