Life Calls (1944)
Das Leben ruft
For a long time, Paul Warkentin had heard nothing from his father. The rift had occurred when Paul, despite passing his exams at agricultural school, decided not to take over his father's farm in West Prussia, but instead to go to Berlin to work for a publishing house. Now Paul has received news of his father's death, and he must return to his hometown to take possession of the farm as his heir.
- Date of release
- 1944-12-20
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Casting
- Waltraut Hahne — Regine Tiedemann
- Karl Hannemann — Herr Westphal
- Paul Henckels — Kallenberg
- Wolf Kaiser — Jürgen Tiedemann
- Eva Klein-Donath — Auguste Tiedemann
- Paul Klinger — Paul Warkentin
- Maria Litto — Eine Magd
- Marlise Ludwig — Frau Thiele
- Friedrich Petermann — Dr. Bodenstein
- Karl-Heinz Peters — Herr Thiele
- Frederick Roland — Knecht Victor
- Willi Rose — Zindel
Interesting facts
Life Calls is a 1944 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Sybille Schmitz, Paul Klinger and Elsa Wagner. It was based on the 1898 play Mutter Erde by Max Halbe. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place in Breslau in Silesia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht.
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