Der Schimmelreiter

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Der Schimmelreiter (1985)

Directed by Klaus Gendries

Drama · 1h 35m

This film, based on a story by Theodor Storm, revolves around the young Hauke Haien, who lives near the sea and improves the safety of the inhabitants with his new ideas for building dykes. However, his new methods and his rejection of conservative traditions, such as the "sacrifice" of a living creature when building a dyke, are not welcomed by the local population, which leads to him meeting with great rejection and ultimately even becoming his undoing.

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Cast

Sylvester Groth Hauke Haien Lech Ordon Vater Hansjürgen Hürrig Ole Peters Dorota Bierkowska Viollina Fred Düren Oberdeichgraf Käthe Reichel schreiendes Bauernweib Jerzy Trela Andrzej Pieczyński Hiners Karl Sturm Witold Dederko Stefan Szmidt
H
Heinz Berlau

Crew

Director
Klaus Gendries
Writer
Gerhard Rentzsch
Novel
Theodor Storm
Director of Photography
Jerzy Stawicki
Editor
Karola Mittelstädt

Details

Release date
1985-11-12
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
East Germany, Germany, Poland
Production
Telewizja Polska, Fernsehen der DDR