Seafaring Is Necessary

{{Short description|1921 film}}

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| director = Rudolf Biebrach

| producer = {{ubl|Paul Ebner|Maxim Galitzenstein}}

| writer = {{ubl|Gorch Fock (novel)|Thomas Hall}}

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| starring = {{ubl|Hans Marr|Lucie Höflich|Ilka Grüning}}

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| cinematography = Julius Balting

| studio = Maxim-Film

| distributor = UFA

| released = {{Film date|1921|08|26|df=yes}}

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| country = Germany

| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}

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Seafaring Is Necessary (German: Seefahrt ist Not) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Hans Marr, Lucie Höflich and Ilka Grüning. It is based on a novel by Gorch Fock.Das Ufa-Buch p.76

The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Sohnle.