Wenn du noch eine Heimat hast (1942)
The river level rises, the dam can no longer hold back the floodwaters – it breaks. Panic erupts, everyone tries to save at least some of their belongings from the rising waters. Those who manage it flee to the farm of old dike captain Doorn. His sons, Peter and Heinrich, help wherever they can. In doing so, they save the local schoolteacher and his beautiful daughter, Renate, from certain death. Both men love Renate, but this rivalry is not the only reason the brothers become enemies. While Heinrich, a trained engineer, advocates for river regulation to prevent further dam breaches, Peter vehemently argues for reinforcing the dam. When old Doorn dies and Peter proves to be the sole heir, Heinrich leaves home.
Director: Günther Rittau
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Hans Söhnker as Heinrich Doorn |
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Lotte Koch as Renate Doorn |
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Wilhelm Borchert as Peter Doorn |
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Friedrich Kayssler as Wilhelm Doorn |
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Paul Henckels as Musiklehrer |
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Charlott Daudert as Jule |
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Paul Bildt as Baurat |
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Klaus Pohl as Fährmann |
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Paul Rehkopf as |
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Malte Jaeger as Jacob Doorn |
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Emil Heß as Ullrichs |
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Clemens Hasse as Plötz |
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Heddo Schulenburg as Jacob Doorn |
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Knut Rettschlag as Thomas Doorn |
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Bruno Lüdtke as Kaspar Doorn |
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Ludwig Linkmann as Bürgermeister |
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Jeanette Bethge as |
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Erich Dunskus as |
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Elli Pfeiffer-Glaser as |
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Ernst Rotmund as |
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Just Scheu as |
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Franz Weber as |
| Directing | Günther Rittau | Director |
| Writing | Erich Ebermayer | Writer |
| Writing | Max Halbe | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Johanna Sibelius | Writer |
| Writing | Eberhard Keindorff | Writer |