---
title: 'Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nunzio Malasomma'
released: '1928-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/struggle-for-the-matterhorn-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019050/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928)

1928 · 82 min · Drama, Adventure · Germany, Switzerland

Original title: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn

## Synopsis

Struggle for the Matterhorn is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio Malasomma and starring Luis Trenker, Marcella Albani, and Alexandra Schmitt. The film is part of the popular cycle of mountain films of the 1920s and 1930s. Art direction was by Heinrich Richter. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nunzio Malasomma](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunzio-malasomma), [Mario Bonnard](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-bonnard)
- **Screenplay:** [Nunzio Malasomma](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunzio-malasomma), [Carl Haensel](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-haensel)
- **Producer:** [Artur Hohenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-hohenberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sepp Allgeier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sepp-allgeier)

## Cast

- [Paul Graetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-graetz)
- [Clifford McLaglen](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifford-mclaglen)
- [Johanna Ewald](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanna-ewald)
- [Heinrich Gretler](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-gretler)
- [Luis Trenker](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-trenker)
- [Marcella Albani](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcella-albani)
- [Peter Voß](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-vo)
- [Hannes Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-schneider)
- [Ernst Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-petersen)

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