The Mountain Calls

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The Mountain Calls

1938Movie1 h 35 min

69

GoodGoodWatch score

69

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Summary

During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together.

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At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 67GoodWatch 69
IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 35 min
Shorter than most dramas, −14 min on the typical 109
typical 10995
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries
Released
1938
January 6, 1938
88 years ago
Genre
Drama
Language
German
Original language
Also spoken
Italian
Made in
Germany
and 12 more
24 people
Directing · 1
Luis Trenker Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 3
Richard Billinger Writer
Hanns Saßmann Writer
Carl Haensel Novel
Production · 2
Heinrich Schier Producer
Rudolf Fichtner Production Manager
Camera · 1
Ernst Baumann Still Photographer
Editing · 2
Waldemar Gaede Editor
Fritz Stapenhorst Editor
Sound · 3
Giuseppe Becce Original Music Composer
Alfred Zunft Sound
Erich Thurban Sound
Art · 2
Erich Grave Art Direction
Herbert Ploberger Art Direction
Other crew · 6
Hans Brunow Dialogue Coach
Walter Riml Cinematography
Klaus von Rautenfield Cinematography
Otto Martini Cinematography
Albert Benitz Cinematography
Sepp Allgeier Cinematography

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