The Call of the North (1929 film)

(Redirected from Der Ruf des Nordens) 1929 film by Nunzio Malasomma

The Call of the North

Directed by	Nunzio Malasomma Mario Bonnard
Written by	Curt J. Braun Nunzio Malasomma
Produced by	Victor Skutezky Luis Trenker
Starring	Luis Trenker Max Holzboer Eva von Berne
Cinematography	Franz Eigner Eduard von Borsody Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Jean Oser Geza Pollatschik
Production companies	Hom-Film Patria-Filmkunst-Produktion
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release date	13 September 1929 (1929-09-13)
Country	Germany
Language	German

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.

Plot

The only survivor of a polar expedition returns to try to find out what happened to his colleagues. The film is similar to the tradition of mountain films, with large amounts of location footage shot, but with the setting moved to the North Pole.

Cast

Luis Trenker as Peter Helling
Max Holzboer as Ivar Svensson
Eva von Berne as Jane Winton
Nico Turoff as Ivan
Aribert Mog as Petersen
Josef Rovenský as Der Kapitän
Carl Walther Meyer as Der Stewart
Paul Rehkopf as Aage
Ernõ Szenes as Der Koch
Lars Hanson
Roland von Rossi
Hugo Lehner
Karl Falkenberg
Arno Kozur
Alexandra Schmitt
Bruno Ziener

Production

The film's sets were designed by Heinrich Richter.

References

Parish & Canham, p. 30.

Bibliography

Parish, James Robert; Canham, Kingsley (1976). Film Directors Guide: Western Europe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-0908-6.

External links

The Call of the North at IMDb

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Films directed by Mario Bonnard

v t e Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma
Mister Radio (1924) One Minute to Twelve (1925) The King and the Girl (1925) One Against All (1927) Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928) The Call of the North (1929) The Son of the White Mountain (1930) The Man with the Claw (1931) The Opera Singer (1932) The Telephone Operator (1932) The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934) I Don't Know You Anymore (1936) Lohengrin (1936) Red Orchids (1938) The Night of Decision (1938) The Secret Lie (1938) Woman Without a Past (1939) Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940) Scampolo (1941) Torrents of Spring (1942) Two Suffer Better Than One (1943) The White Devil (1947) The Devil in the Convent (1950) Four Red Roses (1951)

Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma

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