The Call of the Sea

The Call of the Sea
Directed byEduard Kubat
Written by
  • Jan Petersen
  • Otto Bernhard Wendler
Starring
CinematographyEmil Schünemann
Edited byRuth Schreiber
Music byHorst Hans Sieber
Production
company
Distributed byProgress Film
Release date
  • 17 December 1951 (1951-12-17)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman

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.[1]

It was made by the state-owned DEFA studio. The film's art direction was by Artur Günther.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Liehm & Liehm p.91

Bibliography

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  • Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.
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