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UNITED STATES · 1955

The Challenge

Sidney Lumet
Cinema Novo Brazil mountain climbing historical drama Victorian era human ambition alpine exploration
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Synopsis

Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.

Year1955
CountryUnited States
DirectorSidney Lumet
MovementCinema Novo Brazil
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