The Lake Calls (1933)
- Original title
- Das Meer ruft
- Directed by
- Hans Hinrich
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Based on a poem by Henrik Ibsen, the film follows a man trying to navigate hardship during wartime. The story moves the setting from the Napoleonic era to the Baltic during World War One.
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What happens
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. The film shifted the setting from Ibsen's original work which took place in the Napoleonic Wars to the Baltic during the First World War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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