The Mountain Calls
Overview
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 The Challenge, shot the same year in English.
Release date
06/01/1938
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Luis Trenker
Jean-Antoine Carrel
Herbert Dirmoser
Edward Whymper
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Felicitas
Peter Elsholtz
Giordano
Lucie Höflich
Mother Carrel
Blandine Ebinger
Miss Sweaton
Lotte Spira
Mrs. Seiler
Maria Koppenhöfer
Mrs. Croz
Ernst Legal
Amtsrichter
Walter Franck
Staatsanwalt
Erich Ziegel
Verteidiger
Erich Dunskus
Mailli
Max Holzboer
Taugwalder - Father (as Dr. M. Holzboer)
Emmerich Albert
Taugwalder - Son
Paul Bildt
Minister Sella
Olga Schaub
Herbert Gernot
Josef Kamper
Josef Reithofer
(uncredited)
Umberto Sacripante
Luc Meynet
Reinhold Pasch
Hudson
Robert Thiem
Hadow
Kunibert Gensichen
Douglas
Luis Gerold
Mountain Guide Croz
Friedrich Ulmer
Favre
Bruno Hübner
Stefano
Armin Schweizer
Mr. Seiler
Original Soundtrack
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