The Call of the Sea

The Call of the Sea or The Oceans Are Calling (Die Meere rufen) is a 1951 East German drama film directed by Eduard Kubat and starring Hans Klering, Käte Alving and Evamaria Bath. A defector to West Germany returns to the East, having become disillusioned by capitalist society.

It was made by the state-owned DEFA studio. The film's art direction was by Artur Günther.

Cast

 * Hans Klering as Ernst Reinhardt
 * Käte Alving as Ida Reinhardt, dessen Frau
 * Evamaria Bath as Gisela Reinhardt, beider Kind
 * Helmut Ahner as Walter Reinhardt - beider Kind
 * Herbert Richter as Franz Nölte
 * Magdalene von Nußbaum as Emmi Nölte, seine Frau
 * Viola Recklies as Inge Nölte, beider Kind
 * Hans-Joachim Martens as Heinz Nölte, beider Kind
 * Günther Ballier as Fischer Thomsen
 * Fredy Barten as Erich Pascholle
 * Albrecht Bethge as Auktionator
 * Elfie Dugall as Trude
 * Martin Flörchinger as Kurt Schöller
 * Harry Gillmann
 * Oskar Höcker as Fischmakler
 * Kurt Jung-Alsen
 * Herbert Kiper as Bürgermeister Gubitz
 * Hans-Erich Korbschmitt
 * Alfred Maack as Klüterbau
 * Hans Maikowski as Hans Freese
 * Willi Narloch as Richard Schweikert
 * Wolfgang-Erich Parge as Karl Lamprecht
 * Gustav Püttjer as Hein Bachmann
 * Ursula Rank as Käte Flemming
 * Johannes Schmidt as Heinrich Stüber
 * Walter B. Schulz as Wilhelm Lehmann
 * Friedrich Siemers as Dieter Specht
 * Friedrich Teitge as Regierungsbeamter
 * Christine von Trümbach
 * Siegfried Weiß
 * Teddy Wulff