The Mountain Calls
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“Feature film about the tragic first ascent of the Matterhorn 1865”
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.
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Cast
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Luis Trenker
Jean-Antoine Carrel
Also in
The Holy Mountain
The Prodigal Son
Herbert Dirmoser
Edward Whymper
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Eolomea
White Blood
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Felicitas
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I Accuse
The Years Pass
Peter Elsholtz
Giordano
Also in
Cuba Cabana
Truxa
Lucie Höflich
Mother Carrel
Known for
Tartuffe
Blandine Ebinger
Miss Sweaton
Known for
Girls in Uniform
Lotte Spira
Mrs. Seiler
Also in
The Woman of My Dreams
Liebelei
Maria Koppenhöfer
Mrs. Croz
Also in
Lowlands
The Heart of a Queen
Ernst Legal
Amtsrichter
Known for
Waxworks
Walter Franck
Staatsanwalt
Also in
Alarm at Station III
Adventures of a Ten Mark Note
Erich Ziegel
Verteidiger
Also in
To New Shores
Liebestaumel
Erich Dunskus
Mailli
Also in
Hände hoch
Die Katze im Sack
Luis Trenker Director · Richard Billinger Writer Hanns Saßmann Writer
First release January 6, 1938 · Produced in Germany · Languages German, Italian
Production
Luis Trenker-Film
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Der Berg ruft
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Italian
Release dates
Germany · January 6, 1938
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
January 29, 1954 · Theatrical · East Germany
Serbia
May 25, 1938 · Theatrical · Belgrade
Sweden
March 7, 1938 · Theatrical · limited
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