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.

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Cast

Sylvester Groth

Hauke Haien

Lech Ordon

Vater

Hansjürgen Hürrig

Ole Peters

Dorota Bierkowska

Viollina

Fred Düren

Oberdeichgraf

Käthe Reichel

schreiendes Bauernweib

Jerzy Trela

Andrzej Pieczyński

Hiners

Karl Sturm

Witold Dederko

Stefan Szmidt

Jerzy Zygmunt Nowak

Wirt