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Overview
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...
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 29, 1978
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- ZDF,Studio Film,Schimmelreiter Albis Film
- Cast
- Anita Ekström,Rainer Delventhal,Friedrich Hartau,Elmar Gehlen,Bettina Dörner,Jörg Pleva,Volker Bogdan,Katharina Mayberg,John Phillip Law,Lina Carstensand 10 more
- Director
- Alfred Weidenmann
- Producer
- Martin Büttner
- Cinematography
- Heinz Hölscher
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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