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Anton Carrel is a mountain guide in Italy’s Breuil and dreams of being the first to reach the top of the Matterhorn. He gets his chance when English climber Edward Whymper hires him as a guide. Carrel agrees although his envious stepbrother convinces him that Whymper has eyes for the Italian’s wife. The joint expedition fails, but Carrel saves the Englishman’s life and they go their separate ways as friends. Years later, their fates are once again entwined as they compete to reach the summit. Whymper wins the race, but on July 14, 1865, on the way down, four members of his team fall to their deaths. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Luis Trenker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/847/164847756_ca870f.jpg)
Luis Trenker
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Mountain Calls (1938)
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Ernst Petersen
German Empire
Best movies:
White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Peter Voß
German Empire
Best movies:
Das verliebte Hotel (1933)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1937)
Titanic (1943)
![Heinrich Gretler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193834_139de0.jpg)
Heinrich Gretler
Switzerland
Best movies:
M (1931)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Johanna Ewald
German Empire
Best movies:
Die Frau meiner Träume (1944)
Paul Graetz
German Empire
Best movies:
Crown of Thorns (1923)
The Wildcat (1921)
Berge in Flammen (1931)
![Marcella Albani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275463_fa04f3.jpg)
Marcella Albani
Italy
Best movies:
The Sins of Love (1929)
Hermann Meyer-Falkow
German Empire
Best movies:
Alexandra Schmitt
German Confederation