The Beacon
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- Runtime
- 95 mins
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...
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
- Horst Naumann
- Waltraut Kramm
- Jochen Thomas
- Ursula Kempert
- Friedrich Gnaß
- Hans Klering
- Ulrich von der Trenck
- Maria Wendt
- Kurt Oligmüller
- Barbara Adolph
- Martin Angermann
- Kurt Arndt
- Ricarda Benndorf
- Maria Besendahl
- Heino Biesenthal
- Karl Brenk
- Fritz Decho
- Maly Delschaft
- Irene Eisermann
- Elfriede Florin
- Hela Gruel
- Lutz Götz
- Hans-Jürgen Jürgens
- Heinz Kammer
- Heinz Keuneke
- Julius Klee
- Else Korén
- Horst Kube
- Gerhard Lau
- Claus Peter Lüttgen
- Alfred Maack
- Frank Michelis
- Kurt Mikulski
- Joe Münch-Harris
- Wolfgang Paulsen
- Paul Pfingst
- Friedrich Richter
- Herbert Richter
- Raimund Schelcher
- Hans Schille
- Johannes Schmidt
- Willi Schwabe
- Gertrud Seelhorst
- Lou Seitz
- Alfred Struwe
- Lisa Wehn
- Erwin Wittmer
Director
- Wolfgang Staudte
