The Challenge

The Challenge (1938)

The Matterhorn Claimed More Than Their Lives

  • Genre: Romance, Adventure, History, Drama
  • Release Date: 1938-05-09
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 9 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 16min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: London Films Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Directors: Luis Trenker, Milton Rosmer, Vincent Korda.
star 6.3/10
From 9 Ratings
6.2

Summary

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.

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  • Robert Douglas

    as Edward Whymper

  • Luis Trenker

    as Jean Antoine Carrel

  • Joan Gardner

    as Felicitas - His Daughter

  • Frank Birch

    as Rev. Charles Hudson

  • Geoffrey Wardwell

    as Lord Francis Douglas

  • Moran Caplat

    as Hadow

  • Lyonel Watts

    as Morris - Publisher

  • Mary Clare

    as His Mother

  • Fred Groves

    as Favre

  • Laurence Baskcomb

    as The Podesta - Mayor

  • Ralph Truman

    as Giordano

  • Reginald Jarman

    as Minister Sella

  • Tony Sympson

    as Luc Meynet

  • Cyril Smith

    as Customs Officer

  • Lloyd Pearson

    as Seiler

  • Violet Howard

    as Mrs. Seiler

  • Babita Soren

    as Mrs. Croz

  • Luis Gerold

    as Croz

  • Max Holzboer

    as Elder Taugwalder - Guide

  • Emmerich Albert

    as Younger Taugwalder (as Emeric Albert)

  • Howard Douglas

    as A Ropemaker

  • Patrick Holt

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Hugo Lehner

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Bernard Miles

    as Villager (uncredited)

  • Tarva Penna

    as Villager (uncredited)

  • Robert Rietti

    as Boy (uncredited)

  • D.J. Williams

    as Villager (uncredited)

  • Torin Thatcher

    as Young Officer (uncredited)

  • John Gerald

    as

  • C. Denier Warren

    as
Writing Patrick Kirwan Scenario Writer
Writing Milton Rosmer Scenario Writer
Directing Luis Trenker Director
Writing Emeric Pressburger Screenplay
Directing Milton Rosmer Director
Camera Georges Périnal Director of Photography
Sound Allan Gray Original Music Composer
Art Vincent Korda Supervising Art Director
Production Harold Cox Unit Manager
Camera Albert Benitz Director of Photography
Production Alexander Korda Producer
Sound John W. Mitchell Boom Operator
Production Günther Stapenhorst Producer
Editing Edward B. Jarvis Editor
Sound A.W. Watkins Sound Director
Camera Robert Krasker Camera Operator
Sound Muir Mathieson Music Director
Art Frederick Pusey Art Direction
Directing Vincent Korda Director
Directing Phyllis Ross Continuity

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