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This film, based on a story by Theodor Storm, revolves around the young Hauke Haien, who lives near the sea and improves the safety of the inhabitants with his new ideas for building dykes. However, his new methods and his rejection of conservative traditions, such as the "sacrifice" of a living creature when building a dyke, are not welcomed by the local population, which leads to him meeting with great rejection and ultimately even becoming his undoing.Read moreLess
This film, based on a story by Theodor Storm, revolves around the young Hauke Haien, who lives near the sea and improves the safety of the inhabitants with his new ideas for building dykes. However, his new methods and his rejection of conservative traditions, such as the "sacrifice" of a living creature when building a dyke, are not welcomed by the local population, which leads to him meeting with great rejection and ultimately even becoming his undoing.
The story
This film, based on a story by Theodor Storm, revolves around the young Hauke Haien, who lives near the sea and improves the safety of the inhabitants with his new ideas for building dykes. However, his new methods and his rejection of conservative traditions, such as the "sacrifice" of a living creature when building a dyke, are not welcomed by the local population, which leads to him meeting with great rejection and ultimately even becoming his undoing.
Cast & crew
Sylvester GrothHauke Haien
Lech OrdonVater
Hansjürgen HürrigOle Peters
Dorota BierkowskaViollina
Fred DürenOberdeichgraf
Käthe Reichelschreiendes Bauernweib
Jerzy TrelaCast
Andrzej PieczyńskiHiners
Karl SturmCast
Witold DederkoCast
Stefan SzmidtCastExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Jerzy Stawicki
- Director
- Klaus Gendries
- Writer
- Gerhard Rentzsch
- Editor
- Karola Mittelstädt