This film, based on a story by Theodor Storm, revolves around the young Hauke Haien, who lives near the sea and improves the safety of the inhabitants with his new ideas for building dykes. However, his new methods and his rejection of conservative traditions, such as the "sacrifice" of a living creature when building a dyke, are not welcomed by the local population, which leads to him meeting with great rejection and ultimately even becoming his undoing.
Cast
Sylvester Groth
Hauke Haien
Lech Ordon
Vater
Hansjürgen Hürrig
Ole Peters
Dorota Bierkowska
Viollina
Fred Düren
Oberdeichgraf
Käthe Reichel
schreiendes Bauernweib
Jerzy Trela
Unknown
Andrzej Pieczyński
Hiners
Karl Sturm
Unknown
Witold Dederko
Unknown
Stefan Szmidt
Unknown
Heinz Berlau
Unknown
Jerzy Zygmunt Nowak
Wirt
Zbigniew Buczkowski
Unknown
Anna Gornostaj
Unknown
Inge Hesse-Peters
Unknown
Jolanta Grusznic
Elke Volkerts
