''Seafaring Is Necessary'' (German: ''Seefahrt ist Not'') is a 1921 German silent

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directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Hans Marr,

Lucie Höflich Lucie Höflich (born Helene Lucie von Holwede; 20 February 1883 – 9 October 1956) was a German actress, teacher and head of the Staatliche Schauspielschule (State Drama School) in Berlin.

and

Ilka Grüning Ilka Grüning (born Ilka Henriette Grünzweig; 4 September 1876 – 11 November 1964) was an Austrian-Hungarian actress. Born in Vienna in the old Austrian-Hungarian Empire, she was one of many Jewish actors and actresses that were forced to fl ...

. It is based on a novel by Gorch Fock.Das Ufa-Buch p.76 The film's sets were designed by the

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Hans Sohnle.

Cast

* Hans Marr *

* Rudolf Biebrach * Hugo Döblin * Albert Kuntze * Werner Pfullmann *

Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting ...

* Tommy Tomborini

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock & Michael Töteberg. ''Das Ufa-Buch''. Zweitausendeins, 1992.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Rudolf Biebrach German silent feature films 1921 drama films German drama films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films Films about fishing Films set in the Atlantic Ocean Films set in Hamburg Films based on German novels Silent German drama films Silent German adventure films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub