Released:
1938-01-06

Overview:
The Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since the climb is very difficult, he agrees to try it together with the British mountaineer Whymper. But due to an intrigue this agreement is dropped and the two man try it on the same day with two different teams and then disaster strikes.

Director:
Luis Trenker

Runtime:
1h 35min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Luis Trenker
  as
  Jean-Antoine Carrel
• 
  Herbert Dirmoser
  as
  Edward Whymper
• 
  Heidemarie Hatheyer
  as
  Felicitas
• 
  Peter Elsholtz
  as
  Giordano
• 
  Lucie Höflich
  as
  Mutter Carrel