The Challenge is a 1938 British drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Luis Trenker and starring Robert Douglas and Luis Trenker. The film is about the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 by Edward Whymper.
This British film is one of two 1938 Trenker remakes of Struggle for the Matterhorn () in which Trenker acted in 1928, the other being the German The Mountain Calls ().
Plot
Cast Robert Douglas as Edward Whymper Frank Birch as Rev. Charles Hudson Geoffrey Wardwell as Lord Francis Douglas Moran Caplat as Mr. Hadow Lyonel Watts as F.K. Morris, Publisher Luis Trenker as Jean Antoine Carrel Mary Clare as Carrel's Mother Fred Groves as Bruno Favre, Innkeeper Joan Gardner as Felicitas Favre, Favre's Daughter Laurence Baskcomb as The Podesta, Mayor Ralph Truman as Signor Giordano Reginald Jarman as Minister Sella Tony Sympson as Luc Meynet Cyril Smith as Customs Officer Lloyd Pearson as Alexander Seiler, Innkeeper Violet Howard as Mrs. Seiler Babita Soren as Mrs. Croz Luis Gerold as Croz, Guide Max Holzboer as Peter Taugwalder Sr., Guide Emmerich Albert as A Ropemaker Howard Douglas as A Ropemaker
See also The Mountain Calls (1938) First ascent of the Matterhorn
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