NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Tockinit not horrible nor great

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Der Seewolf" is a German television mini-series from almost 45 years ago. Fittingly, the title character is not the main protagonist of the movie, but the second lead character played by Raimund Harmstorf. No offense to Edward Meeks who was decent too, but Harmstorf's character was just far more memorable. This also shows in the fourth part when he is out of the picture for the most time and this is the weakest part. I rate it 2/5 and parts 1-3 I rate 3/5. The whole thing is basically the story of two men, a ruthless, cold-blooded captain and the main character who works on the captain's ship for the most time. "For the most time" means that, in the final chapter, the action is set on an island and it's just not as atmospheric anymore as before. I have to say, for the most part, I enjoyed watching this and it did not drag really very often which is a good achievement as the total runtime is no less than 6 hours. I also liked the narration and if you are a German native speaker, you will realize that people today are not really talking this way anymore. I recommend watching it and you may have seen Harmstorf also in the films of Bud Spencer if you are as much of a fan of these just like myself. Give it a go if you like seafaring tales or if you simply enjoy impressive character studies. Good job on the writing here also I must say. Thumbs up.

Werner I was 10 years old when this originally aired almost 40 years ago and i always loved it. This is still one of the finest hours of German (public) TV with a great script (discard the confusions about the mix of stories, i felt that it added something to the core Seawolf Story) and a strong direction. I had the chance to see it again several times and it doesn't have lost anything. None of actors came to any great fame, even R. Harmstorff remained in the shadow of his role until his death, but sometimes the whole is truly more then the sum of its parts. Wolfgang Staudte deserves special praise. It compares well even with todays best provided from HBO.

Poukram This adaption of Jack Londons "Seewolf" is the best ever shown. The characters have been chosen very wise and Raimund Harmstorf played the role of his live.The story depends not only on the novel "Der Seeworlf", Ulbrich, the director of the four part movie, included several other novels and short stories from Jack London (all the "historic" scenes do not take place in the original novel, they have been taken from "Joe and the pirates").Harmstorf himself did a good job as Wolf Larson, the captain of the "Ghost" and he was identified by this role since his early suicide. He took place in other great roles such as "Der Kurier des Zaren" (Michael Strogof).All in all, if you will ever have a look on a Seewolf-movie, try this one!

Stefan Kahrs This is the best version of the Sea Wolf I have seen. There are excellent production values, believable characters and the general feeling of a major production is present throughout. It does not betray its TV origins.Best of all is Raimund Harmstorf in the title role as Wolf Larsen. He manages to create an aura of intimidation and mystery around his character that has never been matched by other productions of Jack London's story. And, of course, there is the potato-squeezing scene.This series made Harmstorf a star (at least in Germany), but he could never quite repeat this performance. Strangely, his natural voice was not deemed tough enough for this role at the time and so another actor was chosen to speak his character in the German dubbed version.