Third Man on the Mountain (1959)

Name: Third Man on the Mountain
Released: 1959
Duration: 105 min

fiction · 105 min · United States

Directed by: Ken Annakin

Set in: The fictional Swiss town of Kurtal and the Citadel peak

A young Swiss hotel dishwasher dreams of climbing the peak that killed his father and joins a visiting climber's attempt.

Where it was filmed

Zermatt
Valais · Switzerland
main location and model for Kurtal
Zermatt on MR. ALPS
Rotenboden
Zermatt, Valais · Switzerland
mountaineering scenes
Zermatt on MR. ALPS

Filming locations as stated in the sources below. The story may be set somewhere else.

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