| The Call of the Sea | |
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| Directed by | Eduard Kubat |
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| Cinematography | Emil Schünemann |
| Edited by | Ruth Schreiber |
| Music by | Horst Hans Sieber |
| Production company | DEFA |
| Distributed by | Progress Film |
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| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | East Germany |
| Language | German |
The Call of the Sea or The Oceans Are Calling (German: Die Meere rufen) is a 1951 East German drama film directed by Eduard Kubat and starring Hans Klering, Käte Alving and Evamaria Bath. A defector to West Germany returns to the East, having become disillusioned by capitalist society.
It was made by the state-owned DEFA studio. The film's art direction was by Artur Günther.
Cast
- Hans Klering as Ernst Reinhardt
- Käte Alving as Ida Reinhardt, dessen Frau
- Evamaria Bath as Gisela Reinhardt, beider Kind
- Helmut Ahner as Walter Reinhardt - beider Kind
- Herbert Richter as Franz Nölte
- Magdalene von Nußbaum as Emmi Nölte, seine Frau
- Viola Recklies as Inge Nölte, beider Kind
- Hans-Joachim Martens as Heinz Nölte, beider Kind
- Günther Ballier as Fischer Thomsen
- Fredy Barten as Erich Pascholle
- Albrecht Bethge as Auktionator
- Elfie Dugall as Trude
- Martin Flörchinger as Kurt Schöller
- Harry Gillmann
- Oskar Höcker as Fischmakler
- Kurt Jung-Alsen
- Herbert Kiper as Bürgermeister Gubitz
- Hans-Erich Korbschmitt
- Alfred Maack as Klüterbau
- Hans Maikowski as Hans Freese
- Willi Narloch as Richard Schweikert
- Wolfgang-Erich Parge as Karl Lamprecht
- Gustav Püttjer as Hein Bachmann
- Ursula Rank as Käte Flemming
- Johannes Schmidt as Heinrich Stüber
- Walter B. Schulz as Wilhelm Lehmann
- Friedrich Siemers as Dieter Specht
- Friedrich Teitge as Regierungsbeamter
- Christine von Trümbach
- Siegfried Weiß
- Teddy Wulff
References
- Liehm & Liehm p.91
Bibliography
- Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.
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