The Lake Calls

The Lake Calls
Directed by	Hans Hinrich
Written by	Helmut Brandis Henrik Ibsen (poem) Hans Klaehr Josef Pelz von Felinau
Produced by	Wilhelm Hübner
Starring	Heinrich George Erika Helmke Hans Mierendorff
Cinematography	Kurt Neubert Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Roelofsz
Music by	Karl Knauer Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
Production company	Deutsche Eidophon-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Eidophon-Film
Release date	23 February 1933 (1933-02-23)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Lake Calls (German: Das Meer ruft) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Hans Hinrich and starring Heinrich George, Erika Helmke and Hans Mierendorff. It is based on the poem "Terje Vigen" by Henrik Ibsen. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin and on location on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernö Metzner and Erich Zander.

Cast

• Heinrich George as Terje Wiggen
• Erika Helmke as Antje, seine Frau
• Hans Mierendorff as Peters, Kapitän der 'Carola'
• Franz Stein as Der alte Jansen
• Herta Scheel as Frau Larsen
• Ludwig Andersen as Kommandant des Torpedobootes
• Ernst Busch as Besatzung der 'Carola'
• Josef Dahmen as Besatzung der 'Carola'
• Herbert Gernot as Besatzung der 'Carola'
• Otto Griese as Besatzung der 'Carola'
• Hans Kettler as Besatzung der 'Carola'
• Albert Florath
• Kurt Getke
• Charlie Kracker
• Otto Krone-Matzenauer
• Josef Peterhans
• Gustav Püttjer
• Arthur Reinhardt
• Herbert Schmidt
• Franz Sutton
• Ferdinand von Alten
• Roland von Rossi
• Franz Weber
• Walter Werner

Bibliography

• Biltereyst, Daniel; Gennari, Daniela Treveri, eds. (2014). Moralizing Cinema: Film, Catholicism, and Power. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66831-1.

External links

• The Lake Calls at IMDb