The White Desert

1922 100 minutes Directed by Ernst Wendt

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About The White Desert

Björn and Sigurd end up on the sealing ship of Captain Gaustad, bound for the northern ice. Intrigue, a rape, a mutiny, and a wreck follow. The survivors split into two parties on the pack ice. One party dies off. Sigurd and Björn get home with help from the Sami and are reunited with Karin and Liv.

Cast & crew

More about The White Desert

Ernst Wendt directed and wrote the script with Einar Stier. John Hagenbeck produced and handled the animals. German censors passed it on June 24, 1922, as B.06083. The release was July 14, 1922. The length is six acts, 2,145 meters.

Themes

  • A violent captain on a sealing ship
  • Mutiny and a wreck
  • Two parties on the pack ice
  • A return to Karin and Liv
  • Gaustad
  • Sigurd
  • Björn
  • pack ice
  • sealing
  • Sweden

Look

Mutz Greenbaum photographed the ship and the ice.

Notes

  • Carl de Vogt plays Sigurd. Fritz Orwa plays Björn. Karl Balta plays Gaustad. Nora Swinburne plays Karin. Cläre Lotto plays Liv. Eduard von Winterstein plays Iwan.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Die weisse Wüste (1922).webm)