Ahab pursues a whale that chewed off a leg when his brother, vying with him for the hand of a minister's daughter, pushed him overboard. When he has caught the monstrous whale he will then deal with his brother.
William Dieterle
Christoph/Captain Ahab
Lissy Arna
Thea
Anton Pointner
Martin
Karl Etlinger
Simon
Carla Bartheel
Philipp Lothar Mayring
Bert Sprotte
Otto Kottke
Reginald Pasch
John Eskridge
Adolph Milar
J. Grubb Alexander
Screenplay
Herman Melville
Novel
Ulrich Steindorff
Writer
Michael Curtiz
Director
Henry Blanke
Producer
Sidney Hickox
Director of Photography
