Struggle for the Matterhorn

Struggle for the Matterhorn
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 (Switzerland); 3 December 1928 (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.^[1] The film is part of the popular cycle of mountain films of the 1920s and 1930s.^[2] 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.

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