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The Call of the Sea

1927 · 126 min

A slow, earnest silent melodrama whose sweeping sea longing and tender homecoming pull you into a wistful, old-world mood.

Directed by
Henryk Szaro
Genres
Romance
Starring
Maria Malicka, Jerzy Marr, Mariusz Maszynski
Overview
The son of a miller, following his call, flees to the sea, but after several years he returns to his family and to his childhood romance, Hanka.

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Directed by
Henryk Szaro
Genres
Romance
Starring
Maria Malicka, Jerzy Marr, Mariusz Maszynski
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • isolation
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • redemption
Places
  • sea
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
romance
Directed by
Henryk Szaro
Written by
Stefan Kiedrzynski
Starring
Maria Malicka, Jerzy Marr, Mariusz Maszynski, Nora Ney, Antoni Rózanski, Krysia Dlugolecka, Józefa Modzelewska, Tadeusz Fijewski
Cinematography
Seweryn Steinwurzel
Runtime
126 min
Country
Poland
Languages
No Language, Polish

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