The Call of the Mountain

1937 1 hour 22 minutes

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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.

Released

1st January 1937

89 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 22 minutes

Finishes at 4:19am

Directed by

Arturo Porchet

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Written by

Ernette Tammy

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