The Challenge (1938)
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.
- Data di uscita
- 1938-05-09
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (9)
- Durata
- 1 h 16 min
- Generi
- Romance, Avventura, Storia, Dramma
- Regista
- Luis Trenker, Milton Rosmer, Vincent Korda
Cast
- Robert Douglas — Edward Whymper
- Luis Trenker — Jean Antoine Carrel
- Joan Gardner — Felicitas - His Daughter
- Frank Birch — Rev. Charles Hudson
- Geoffrey Wardwell — Lord Francis Douglas
- Moran Caplat — Hadow
- Lyonel Watts — Morris - Publisher
- Mary Clare — His Mother
- Fred Groves — Favre
- Laurence Baskcomb — The Podesta - Mayor
- Ralph Truman — Giordano
- Reginald Jarman — Minister Sella
Curiosità
The Challenge is a 1938 British drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Luis Trenker and starring Robert Douglas and Luis Trenker. The film is about the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 by Edward Whymper.
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