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The Beacon (1954)
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
Drama · 1h 35m
On a barren and stormy island, fishing families eke out a meager existence on what they can catch during summer, and what washes ashore during winter. But little has been washing ashore of late, and their situation worsens. Elders recall how twenty years ago, when the lighthouse keeper’s beacon went dark, a cargo ship broke apart on the cliffs. It proved a bountiful accident for the fishermen. Today people on the island view the conscientious lighthouse keepers with evil hungry eyes...
Cast
Leonhard Ritter
Leuchtturmwärter
Horst Naumann
Mastfischer
Waltraut Kramm
Mastfischer's Frau
Jochen Thomas
Masträuber
Ursula Kempert
Masträuber's Frau
Friedrich Gnaß
Alter Mann mit Prothese
Hans Klering
Kaufmann
U
Ulrich von der Trenck
Schnapsfischer
M
Maria Wendt
Frau des Schnapsfischers
Kurt Oligmüller
Fischer
B
Barbara Adolph
Junge Mutter
M
Martin Angermann
Fischer
Crew
- Director
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Writer
- Wolfgang Staudte, Werner Jörg Lüddecke
- Director of Photography
- Robert Baberske
- Original Music Composer
- Herbert Windt
- Editor
- Ruth Moegelin
Details
- Original title
- Leuchtfeuer
- Release date
- 1954-12-03
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany, Sweden
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Pandora-Film Stockholm