The Challenge
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“The Matterhorn Claimed More Than Their Lives”
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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Cast
30 people
Robert Douglas
Edward Whymper
Known for
The Flame and the Arrow
The Fountainhead
Luis Trenker
Jean Antoine Carrel
Also in
The Holy Mountain
The Mountain Calls
Joan Gardner
Felicitas - His Daughter
Known for
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Gay Purr-ee
Frank Birch
Rev. Charles Hudson
Also in
Who Goes Next?
The Villiers Diamond
Geoffrey Wardwell
Lord Francis Douglas
Also in
Crimes at the Dark House
The Taming of the Shrew
Moran Caplat
Hadow
No other roles listed
Lyonel Watts
Morris - Publisher
Known for
Obsession
Mary Clare
His Mother
Known for
The Lady Vanishes
Young and Innocent
Fred Groves
Favre
Also in
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Ghost Camera
Laurence Baskcomb
The Podesta - Mayor
Also in
The Drum
Knight Without Armour
Ralph Truman
Giordano
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Henry V
Reginald Jarman
Minister Sella
Known for
Zardoz
Milton Rosmer Director · Luis Trenker Director Vincent Korda Director
United States release September 1, 1939 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Denham Films
Production
London Films Productions
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Denham Films
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 9, 1938
Theatrical · London
United States · September 1, 1939
Theatrical · exact day of release unknown
United States
May 1, 1948 · Theatrical · re-release, exact day unknown
August 15, 1948 · TV · St. Louis, Missouri, TV premiere
Denmark
July 23, 1945 · Theatrical
South Africa
October 26, 1939 · Theatrical · Johannesburg
November 9, 1939 · Theatrical · Cape Town
United Kingdom
September 14, 1938 · Theatrical · general release
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