The Mountain Calls

The story

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.

Cast

L Luis TrenkerJean-Antoine Carrel H Herbert DirmoserEdward Whymper H Heidemarie HatheyerFelicitas P Peter ElsholtzGiordano L Lucie HöflichMother Carrel B Blandine EbingerMiss Sweaton L Lotte SpiraMrs. Seiler M Maria KoppenhöferMrs. Croz E Ernst LegalAmtsrichter W Walter FranckStaatsanwalt E Erich ZiegelVerteidiger E Erich DunskusMailli

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M Max HolzboerTaugwalder - Father (as Dr. M. Holzboer) E Emmerich AlbertTaugwalder - Son P Paul BildtMinister Sella O Olga Schaub H Herbert Gernot J Josef Kamper J Josef Reithofer(uncredited) U Umberto SacripanteLuc Meynet R Reinhold PaschHudson R Robert ThiemHadow K Kunibert GensichenDouglas L Luis GeroldMountain Guide Croz F Friedrich UlmerFavre B Bruno HübnerStefano A Armin SchweizerMr. Seiler P Peter TaugwalderRelated Character M Michel CrozRelated Character J Jean-Antoine CarrelRelated Character F Francis DouglasRelated Character E Edward WhymperRelated Character D Douglas HadowRelated Character C Charles HudsonRelated Character