Screenplay:
Emeric PressburgerCinematography:
Albert BenitzComposer:
Allan GrayCast:
Luis Trenker, Robert Douglas, Ralph Truman, Bernard Miles, Lloyd Pearson, Mary Clare, Max Holzboer, Robert Rietty, Patrick Holt, Cyril Smith, Tony Sympson (more)VOD (1)
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Two explorers lead rival assaults in 1865 on the previously unconquered Matterhorn, resulting in triumph, tragedy, and a quest for redemption. The direction of mountaineer-turned-filmmaker (and actor) Luis Trenker, coupled with a screenplay co-authored by Emeric Pressberger gave this fact-based film a harrowing visual and emotional realism that's still striking seven decades later. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Luis Trenker
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Mountain Calls (1938)
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Robert Douglas
UK
Best movies:
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Ralph Truman
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Oliver Twist (1948)
El Cid (1961)
Bernard Miles
UK
Best movies:
Great Expectations (1946)
Big Time Operators (1957)
Moby Dick (1956)
Lloyd Pearson
UK
Best movies:
The Angry Silence (1960)
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Mary Clare
UK
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Citadel (1938)
Max Holzboer
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Mountain Calls (1938)
The Blue Light (1932)
Robert Rietty
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Patrick Holt
UK
Best movies:
Thunderball (1965)
Cromwell (1970)
The Magic Box (1951)
Cyril Smith
UK
Best movies:
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Sidewalks of London (1938)
No Highway (1951)
Tony Sympson
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Night and the City (1950)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Howard Douglas
UK
Best movies:
The Great Manhunt (1950)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
Frank Birch
UK
Emmerich Albert
Best movies:
The Mountain Calls (1938)
Berge in Flammen (1931)