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After the death of his father, the ambitious farmhand Hauke Haien works his way up to become the successor to the old dyke count, whose daughter Elke he marries. He develops plans for the construction of a new dyke to provide better protection against storm surges, but encounters resistance and inertia from the villagers, who superstitiously suspect him of being in league with the devil. As a heavy storm approaches, he chases towards the floods with his white horse...Read moreLess
After the death of his father, the ambitious farmhand Hauke Haien works his way up to become the successor to the old dyke count, whose daughter Elke he marries. He develops plans for the construction of a new dyke to provide better protection against storm surges, but encounters resistance and inertia from the villagers, who superstitiously suspect him of being in league with the devil. As a heavy storm approaches, he chases towards the floods with his white horse...
The story
After the death of his father, the ambitious farmhand Hauke Haien works his way up to become the successor to the old dyke count, whose daughter Elke he marries. He develops plans for the construction of a new dyke to provide better protection against storm surges, but encounters resistance and inertia from the villagers, who superstitiously suspect him of being in league with the devil. As a heavy storm approaches, he chases towards the floods with his white horse...
Cast & crew
John Phillip LawDeichgraf Hauke Haien
Anita EkströmElke Volkerts
Gert FröbeTede Volkerts, der alte Deichgraf
Dirk GalubaGroßknecht bei Peters
Vera TschechowaVollina Harders
Lina CarstensTrin Jans
Reinhard KolldehoffJess Harders
Werner HinzAmtsmann aus Husum
Katharina MaybergAnn Grete
Jörg PlevaHorse SellerExplore the crew
- Director
- Alfred Weidenmann
- Screenplay
- Alfred Weidenmann
- Screenplay
- Georg Althammer
- Director of Photography
- Heinz Hölscher
- Editor
- Klaus Dudenhöfer
- Producer
- Martin Büttner