''Seafaring Is Necessary'' (German: ''Seefahrt ist Not'') is a 1921 German

silent Silent may mean any of the following: People with the name * Silent George, George Stone (outfielder) (1876–1945), American Major League Baseball outfielder and batting champion * Brandon Silent (born 1973), South African former footballer * C ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Rudolf Biebrach Rudolf Biebrach (24 November 1866 – 5 September 1938) was a German actor and film director. He directed over 70 films between 1909 and 1930; and he appeared as an actor in nearly 110 films between 1909 and 1938. In his youth, Biebrach had worke ...

and starring

Hans Marr Hans Marr (born Johann Julius Richter; 22 July 1878 – 21 March 1949) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Black Hand'' (1917) * ''The Wandering Image'' (1920) * ''The Adventure of Doctor Kircheisen'' (1920) * '' Steuermann Holk'' ...

Lucie Höflich Lucie Höflich (born Helene Lucie von Holwede; 20 February 1883 – 9 October 1956) was a German actress, teacher and head of the Staatliche Schauspielschule (State Drama School) in Berlin.

and

Ilka Grüning Ilka Grüning (born Ilka Henriette Grunzweig; 4 September 1876 – 11 November 1964) was an Austrian-Hungarian actress. Born in Vienna in the old Austrian-Hungarian Empire, she was one of many Jewish actors and actresses that were forced to fl ...

. It is based on a novel by Gorch Fock.Das Ufa-Buch p.76 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Hans Sohnle Hans Sohnle (17 September 1895 – 24 March 1976) was a German art director.Chandler p.270 He frequently collaborated with Otto Erdmann on set designs. Selected filmography * '' The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919) * '' The Woman in Doctor's Ga ...

Cast

Hugo Döblin Hugo Döblin (29 October 1876 – 4 November 1960) was a German stage and film actor.Hardt p.233 He appeared in more than eighty films, most of them during the silent era. The Jewish Döblin left Germany following the Nazi Party's rise to power i ...

* Albert Kuntze * Werner Pfullmann *

Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting r ...

* Tommy Tomborini

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock & Michael Töteberg. ''Das Ufa-Buch''. Zweitausendeins, 1992.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Rudolf Biebrach German silent feature films 1921 drama films German drama films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films Films about fishing Films set in the Atlantic Ocean Films set in Hamburg Films based on German novels Silent drama films Silent adventure films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub