The Challenge
The Challenge
Watch the challenge 123Movies. 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.
- Genre: Romance, Adventure, History, Drama
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Luis Trenker
- Cast: Robert Douglas, Luis Trenker, Joan Gardner, Frank Birch, Geoffrey Wardwell, Moran Caplat, Lyonel Watts, Mary Clare, Fred Groves, Laurence Baskcomb, Ralph Truman, Reginald Jarman, Tony Sympson, Cyril Smith, Lloyd Pearson, Violet Howard, Babita Soren, Luis Gerold, Max Holzboer, Emmerich Albert, Howard Douglas,
