---
title: 'The Lake Calls (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hans Hinrich'
released: '1933-02-23'
runtime_minutes: 81
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lake-calls-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024318/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lake Calls (1933)

1933 · 81 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Das Meer ruft

## Synopsis

The Lake Calls is a 1933 German drama film directed by Hans Hinrich and starring Heinrich George, Erika Helmke and Hans Mierendorff. It is based on the poem "Terje Vigen" by Henrik Ibsen. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin and on location on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernö Metzner and Erich Zander. The film shifted the setting from Ibsen's original work which took place in the Napoleonic Wars to the Baltic during the First World War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hans Hinrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-hinrich)
- **Screenplay:** [Josef Pelz von Felinau](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-pelz-von-felinau)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Werner Schmidt-Boelcke](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-schmidt-boelcke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Willy Winterstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-winterstein)

## Cast

- [Gustav Püttjer](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-puttjer)
- [Josef Dahmen](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-dahmen)
- [Josef Peterhans](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-peterhans)
- [Erika Helmke](https://cinepixo.com/people/erika-helmke)
- [Hans Mierendorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-mierendorff)
- [Albert Florath](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-florath)
- [Walter Werner](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-werner)
- [Arthur Reinhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-reinhardt)
- [Ernst Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-busch)
- [Ferdinand von Alten](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-von-alten)
- [Franz Stein](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-stein)
- [Herbert Gernot](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-gernot)
- [Heinrich George](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-george)

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