The Call of the Mountain

The Call of the Mountain

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1937

Genres

Adventure, Romance

Original Title

L’Appel de la montagne

Production Companies

Mundus-Film

Director

Arthur Porchet

Description

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.