4 Films & TV Shows Set In Switzerland During The 1860s
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Third Man on the Mountain
🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1860sConquering the past would be the climb of his life — The thrilling, critically acclaimed account of Rudi Matt (James MacArthur), a young kitchen worker who is determined to conquer the Citadel -- the jagged, snowcapped peak that claimed his father's life.
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The Mountain Calls
🇮🇹 Italy 🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1860sThe Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since the climb is very difficult, he agrees to try it together with the British mountaineer Whymper. But due to an intrigue this agreement is dropped and the two man try it on the same day with two different teams and then disaster strikes.
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The Challenge
England 🇮🇹 Italy 🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1860sDramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
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The Fight for the Matterhorn
England 🇮🇹 Italy 🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1860sStruggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio Malasomma and starring Luis Trenker, Marcella Albani, and Alexandra Schmitt. The film is part of the popular cycle of mountain films of the 1920s and 1930s. Art direction was by Heinrich Richter. Based on a novel by Carl Haensel, the film depicts the battle between British and Italian climbers to be the first to climb the Matterhorn. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.