At the interface between heaven and earth. The struggle for the last unclimbed peak of the Alps in the middle of the 19th century.
It is not the highest mountain in Europe, but it is said to be the most beautiful. The last peak of the Alps, which had not yet been climbed in the mid-19th century, provoked and attracted climbers who tried to climb it. Reinhold Messner describes the "Battle of the Matterhorn" in 1865 - the rivalry between Edward Whymper's expedition and Jean-Antoine Carrel's party. It describes the obsession of the climbers and the desire to achieve something that no one has ever achieved before, but it also shows the magical appeal of the mountains, their beauty and their fierce brutality. It tells of a friendship that fell apart, of disappointment and of a great tragedy.
