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. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled Der Berg Ruft, shot the same year in German.
The Challenge has generally received positive reviews.
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The Challenge was released in 1938 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1 reviews, giving The Challenge (1938) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Challenge a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 62%, The Challenge is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1938, which stands at 61%.
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