''The Challenge'' is a 1938 British drama film directed by

Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his screen debut in '' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. I ...

and Luis Trenker and starring Robert Douglas and Luis Trenker. The film is about the first successful ascent of the

Matterhorn The (, ; it, Cervino, ; french: Cervin, ; rm, Matterhorn) is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the ...

in 1865 by

Edward Whymper Edward Whymper FRSE (27 April 184016 September 1911) was an English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator, and author best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. Four members of his climbing party were killed during the descent. W ...

. This British film is one of two 1938 Trenker remakes of '' Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (german: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) in which Trenker acted in 1928, the other being the German '' The Mountain Calls'' (german: Der Berg ruft).

Cast

* Robert Douglas as Edward Whymper *

Frank Birch Francis Lyall "Frank" Birch, (5 December 1889 – 14 February 1956) was a British cryptographer and actor. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. During World War I, he served as a lieutenant commander with the R ...

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 Mary Clare Absalom (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television. Biography Daughter of George Alfred Absalom, Clare was educated at Wood Green secondary school, first worked in an office but a loan ...

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 Ralph du Vergier Truman (7 May 1900 – 15 October 1977) was an English actor, usually cast as either a villain or an authority figure. He possessed a distinguished speaking voice. He was born in London, England. Truman originally studied at t ...

as Signor Giordano * Reginald Jarman as Minister Sella *

Tony Sympson Tony Sympson (10 July 1906 – 30 March 1983) was a British actor. Selected filmography * ''The Indiscretions of Eve'' (1932) - Pip * ''Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle'' (1935) - Tinker * '' Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor'' (1935) - ...

as Luc Meynet *

Cyril Smith Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a prominent British politician who after his death was revealed to have been a prolific serial sex offender against children. A member of the Liberal Party, he was Member of ...

as Customs Officer *

Lloyd Pearson Lloyd Mawson Pearson (13 December 1897 – 2 June 1966) was an English actor, who appeared mostly in character roles on stage and screen. He created the roles of Rat in ''Toad of Toad Hall'' in 1929 and Alderman Helliwell in the West End produc ...

as Alexander Seiler, Innkeeper * Violet Howard as Mrs. Seiler * Babita Soren as Mrs. Croz * Luis Gerold as Croz, Guide * Max Holzboer as

Peter Taugwalder Peter Taugwalder (4 April 1820 – 10 July 1888) was a Swiss mountaineer and guide. Along with his son of the same name, Taugwalder was one of seven men that made the first ascent of the Matterhorn in July 1865. He was also one of the three men th ...

Sr., Guide * Emmerich Albert as A Ropemaker * Howard Douglas as A Ropemaker

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* * 1938 multilingual films 1938 drama films 1938 films 1930s adventure drama films 1930s historical drama films British historical drama films British adventure drama films Films set in Switzerland Films set in Italy Films set in England Films set in the Alps Films set in 1865 Mountaineering films Matterhorn Films produced by Alexander Korda British multilingual films British remakes of German films Sound film remakes of silent films British black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Patrick Kirwan 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-film-stub

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