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The Call of the Mountain

un drame dans les Alpes suisses
Jan 7, 1923 · 1h 22m
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Adventure
Romance
Drama

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In The Call of the Mountain (L’appel de la montagne) a couple are childhood sweethearts who are separated, she marries a rich man and he becomes an alpine guide. The woman’s husband dies, and she returns home to Switzerland, her wealth and beauty drawing interest from a foreign rake, rogue, and roué named Billinsky. He talks her into a mountain ascension that meets with disaster when some of the climbers fall to their deaths. Her loyal friend the alpine guide rescues his sweetheart, and saves her again.

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CAST

Emile Crettex
André Moret, The Guide
Ernette Tamm
Hélène Harding
Victor Vina
Boris de Billinsky
Henri Duval
Hélène's Father
André Dejean
Mr. Harding
Pierre Grau
First Alpinist
Adolphe Debonneville
Second Alpinist (as Adolphe Debonnemville)
Edouard Schranz
Butler
Directed by Arthur Porchet

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Mundus-Film
Country
CH

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