The Sea Calls

The Baltic captain Terje Wiggen works as a pilot on the island of Muhu When the mate of the ship Carola calls in sick he jumps at the chance of reviving his life as a sailor WWI breaks soon after the departure By and by the ships company gets worn down by dead calm On account of the plagueridden captain Wiggen disposes of the contaminated water reserve Discontent among the crew rises until they take the sole lifeboat and leave their mate behind Wiggen unsuccessfully tries to bring the ship under control At the last minute he is rescued off the Japanese coast At his return he promises to never leave his wife and child again But the German Imperial Navy begins to blockade the waterways of the island Wiggen paddles to Sweden with the intention of smuggling provisions for his family On his way back he is detained by a German captain After five years of imprisonment he returns to Muhu once more Wiggen is hellbent on vengeance Deutsche Kinemathek