The Challenge

IMDb link: 0029982
IMDb rating: 6.2 (222 votes)
Genres: Adventure, Romance, History
Director: Robert Douglas, Luis Trenker, Milton Rosmer, Vincent Korda
Cast: Geoffrey Wardwell, Frank Birch, Moran Caplat and others

Release date: 1 Sep 1939
Release year: 1939
Runtime: 76 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: swiss alps, year 1865, climbing, 1860s, snow, matterhorn, london england, switzerland, nursing someone back to health, nationalism

Plot:

In 1865, the unconquered Matterhorn beckons; former rivals, Italian Carrel and Englishman Whymper, hope to climb it together, but national rivalry intervenes. Rival parties dangerously race for the summit in realistic, well-photographed climbing scenes; but when the mountain is climbed, the danger is far from over...

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