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Blue Bird (1979)
Directed by Ulrich Weiß
Adventure, Family, Western, Drama · 1h 37m
In the middle of the 18th Century, the Ruster family immigrates to America. The father, a former farm laborer, leads a hard life as a settler along with his family. One day the nine year-old George, his second-youngest son, is kidnapped by Iroquois. He is taken in by an Indian family in the place of a deceased son and receives the name "Blue Bird." The boy has homesickness and difficulties accustoming to the customs of the Indians.
Cast
R
Robin Jaeger
George 'Blauvogel' Ruster
Gabriel Marian Oseciuc
George 'Blauvogel' Ruster (adult)
Jutta Hoffmann
Mildred Ruster
Kurt Böwe
John Ruster
Jan Spitzer
Andrew
J
Jörg Foth
George Catlin
Egon Günther
Archie
Anca Szonyi
Malia als Erwachsene
G
Gheorghe Pătru
Kleinbär
P
Petruț Traian
Weißhaar
Vasile Popa
1. Kidnapper
A
Adrian Mihai
Crew
- Director
- Ulrich Weiß
- Writer
- Ulrich Weiß
- Novel
- Anna Jürgen
- Director of Photography
- Otto Hanisch
- Editor
- Helga Krause
Details
- Original title
- Blauvogel
- Release date
- 1979-12-13
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Western, Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme