Der Ruf des Nordens (1929)
1h 36m
Running Time
September 12, 1929Release Date
Der Ruf des Nordens (1929)
1h 36m
Running Time
September 12, 1929Release Date
Plot.
Peter Helling, the only survivor of a polar expedition, returns once more to the eternal ice. Why he calls his fate out again, what has happened? At that time he had set out with his best friend Svensson, to search for the missing friend of the woman they both love and for which they fought. In desperation, the men drag through the deep snow and the icy Arctic storms.
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Cast & Crew.
Luis Trenker
Peter Helling
Max Holzboer
Ivar Svensson
Eva von Berne
Jane Winton
Aribert Mog
Petersen
Nico Turoff
Ivan
Nunzio Malasomma
Director
Josef Rovenský
Der Kapitän
Mario Bonnard
Director
Details.
Wiki.
The Call of the North (German: Der Ruf des Nordens) is a 1929 German adventure film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and Mario Bonnard and starring Luis Trenker, Max Holzboer, and Eva von Berne. Originally produced as a silent film, it was subsequently released with an added soundtrack.
The only survivor of a polar expedition returns to try to find out what happened to his colleagues. It is similar to the tradition of mountain films, with large amounts of location footage shot, but with the setting moved to the North Pole.
The film's sets were designed by Heinrich Richter.