- Drama
- 96 min
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...
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Cast
- John Phillip LawDeichgraf Hauke Haien
- Anita EkströmElke Volkerts
- Gert FröbeTede Volkerts, der alte Deichgraf
- Dirk GalubaGroßknecht bei Peters
- Vera TschechowaVollina Harders
- Lina CarstensTrin Jans
- Richard LauffenJewe Manners
- Reinhard KolldehoffJess Harders
- Werner HinzAmtsmann aus Husum
- Volker BogdanIven Johns
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- Alfred WeidenmannDirector
- Georg AlthammerScreenplay
- Alfred WeidenmannScreenplay
- Theodor StormNovel
- Heinz HölscherDirector of Photography
- Klaus DudenhöferEditor
- Martin BüttnerProducer
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