The Wreck in the North Sea (1915)

Original title

Het wrak van de Noorzee

Directed by

Theo Frenkel

Genre

silent film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

1h

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fisherman named Arend leaves his love Marie to work at sea. A rival secretly damages Arend's boat causing it to sink. After Arend is presumed dead Marie finds comfort with the rival but learns the truth. The rival is arrested and Arend returns alive to Marie.

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What happens

The Wreck in the North Sea (Dutch: Het wrak van de Noorzee) is a 1915 Dutch silent drama film directed by Theo Frenkel. It is a short romantic silent movie, about a fisherman called Arend who leaves his beloved Marie to fish again in the North Sea for his work. The desperate Jan van der Velde (who secretly loves Marie) has sabotaged Arend's boat before he leaves. It sinks, and Marie never hears of him again. She finds some comfort in Jan's embrace, but later hears of Jan's sabotage. Jan gets arrested, but then comes good news, Arend is still alive and returns into Marie's arms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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