''The Call of the North'' (german: Der Ruf des Nordens) is a 1929 German
adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...
directed by
Nunzio Malasomma and
Mario Bonnard and starring
Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker (born Alois Franz Trenker, 4 October 1892 – 13 April 1990) was a South Tyrolean film producer, director, writer, actor, architect, Mountaineering, alpinist, and Bobsleigh, bobsledder.
Biography Early life
Alois Franz Trenker was b ...
,
Max Holzboer, and
Eva von Berne
Eva von Berne (born Genofeva Plentzner von Scharneck, 8 July 1910 – 9 November 2010) was an Austrian film actress.
Biography
Eva von Berne was born Genofeva Plentzner von Scharneck in Sarajevo which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ...
. Originally produced as a
silent film, it was subsequently released with an added
soundtrack.
The only survivor of a
polar expedition returns to try to find out what happened to his colleagues. It is similar to the tradition of
mountain films, with large amounts of
location footage shot, but with the setting moved to the
North Pole.
The film's sets were designed by
Heinrich Richter.
Cast
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1929 films
1929 adventure films
German adventure films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1920s German-language films
Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma
Films directed by Mario Bonnard
Films set in the Arctic
German black-and-white films
1920s German films
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