Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
A young medical student returns to his Tyrolean home to find out that Napoleon's troops have taken over the area and that his mother and sister have been murdered.
Peter Helling, the only survivor of a polar expedition, returns once more to the eternal ice. Why he calls his fate out again, what has happened? At that time he had set out with his best friend Svensson, to search for the missing friend of the woman they both love and for which they fought. In desperation, the men drag through the deep snow and the icy Arctic storms.
Hudson
Durante un temprano y fallido intento de escalar el Matterhorn, Edward Whymper es rescatado por un guía italiano, Jean Antoine Carrel. Los dos hombres se hacen amigos rápidament y acuerdan escalar el pico juntos. Sin embargo, los aldeanos confabulan para dividir la alianza entre Whymper y Carrel y ambos acaban formando equipos rivales mientras parten en una carrera para conquistar la montaña.
