''The Lake Calls'' () is a 1933 German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Hans Hinrich Hans Hinrich (27 November 1903 – 20 October 1974) was a German film director and actor. He initially worked in Germany but later also worked in Italy where he was usually credited as ''Giovanni Hinrich''. Hinrich was a noted theatre director, ...

and starring

Heinrich George Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor. Early life George was born in Pomerania to August Friedrich Schulz, a former Deck Officer in t ...

Erika Helmke Erika Helmke (4 April 1908 – 26 November 2002) was a German stage and film actress.Hinton p.167 She married the Canadian artist Herbert Dassel and emigrated to Canada. Selected filmography * '' The Spanish Fly'' (1931) * ''I Do Not Want to Know ...

and

Hans Mierendorff Hans Mierendorff (born Johannes Reingold Mierendorff; 30 June 1882 – 26 December 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' A Night of Horror'' (1916) * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1916) * '' Hilde Warren und der Tod ...

.Biltereyst & Gennari p. 148 It is based on the poem "

Terje Vigen ''Terje Vigen'' is a poem written by Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen and published in 1862. It follows the life of Terje Vigen, a fictional Norwegian man who lives in the town of Grimstad, during the early 19th century. During the Gunboat War, Gr ...

" by

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

. It was shot at the

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and on location on the Danish island of

Bornholm Bornholm () is a List of islands of Denmark, Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. I ...

in the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

s Ernö Metzner and

Erich Zander Erich Zander (11 April 1905 in Kassel - 15 April 1991 in Eutin) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olymp ...

. The film shifted the setting from Ibsen's original work which took place in the

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to the Baltic during the

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Cast

as Terje Wiggen *

as Antje, seine Frau *

as Peters, Kapitän der 'Carola' *

Franz Stein Franz Stein (1880–1958) was a German cinematographer and film actor.Giesen p.221 During the silent era he shot a number of films, many of them for National Film. After 1925 his film appearances were exclusively as an actor. Selected filmograph ...

as Der alte Jansen * Herta Scheel as Frau Larsen * Ludwig Andersen as Kommandant des Torpedobootes * Ernst Busch as Besatzung der 'Carola' *

Josef Dahmen Josef Dahmen (21 August 1903 – 18 January 1985) was a German stage, film and television actor.Youngkin p. 462. Dahmen was married to the actress Gisela von Collande, with whom he had a daughter Andrea Dahmen. His granddaughter Julia Dahmen is ...

as Besatzung der 'Carola' * Herbert Gernot as Besatzung der 'Carola' * Otto Griese as Besatzung der 'Carola' *

Hans Kettler Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

as Besatzung der 'Carola' *

Albert Florath Albert Peter Adam Florath (7 December 1888, Bielefeld – 11 March 1957, Gaildorf) was a German stage and film actor. Early life and education Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in Brak ...

Kurt Getke Kurt is a male given name in Germanic languages. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Konrad/Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. Like Conrad, it can also a surname an ...

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Josef Peterhans Josef Thomas Peterhans (4 December 1882 – 3 February 1960) was a German stage and film actor. Biography Peterhans began his stage career in 1902, aged twenty. He began his film acting career with the film ' in 1916. Before acting in films he ...

Gustav Püttjer Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character actor, character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appe ...

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* Herbert Schmidt *

Franz Sutton Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

Ferdinand von Alten Ferdinand von Alten (born Baron von Lamezan auf Altenhofen; 13 April 1885 – 16 March 1933) was a Russian-German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Blue Lantern'' (1918) * '' Madame Récamier'' (1920) * '' Anna Boleyn'' (1920) * ''Catherine t ...

Roland von Rossi Roland (; ; or ''Rotholandus''; or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was milit ...

* Franz Weber *

Walter Werner Walter Gotthard Werner (11 April 1883 – 8 January 1956) was a German actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1921 to 1956. Selected filmography References External links

* 1883 births 1956 deaths German male film acto ...

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* 1933 films Films based on poems Films based on works by Henrik Ibsen Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Hans Hinrich 1933 drama films German drama films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Terra Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub