The Challenge

The Challenge
  • 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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