The Lake Calls
Released: February 23, 1933Runtime: 81 minLanguage: DE
The Baltic captain Terje Wiggen works as a pilot on the island of Muhu. When the mate of the ship “Carola” calls in sick, he jumps at the chance of reviving his life as a sailor. WWI breaks soon after the departure. By and by the ship’s company gets worn down by dead calm. On account of the plague-ridden captain, Wiggen disposes of the contaminated water reserve. Discontent among the crew rises until they take the sole lifeboat and leave their mate behind. Wiggen unsuccessfully tries to bring the ship under control. At the last minute he is rescued off the Japanese coast. At his return he promises to never leave his wife and child again. But the German Imperial Navy begins to blockade the waterways of the island. Wiggen paddles to Sweden with the intention of smuggling provisions for his family. On his way back he is detained by a German captain. After five years of imprisonment he returns to Muhu once more. Wiggen is hellbent on vengeance. (Deutsche Kinemathek)
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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'
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