

The Beacon
1954 Directed by Wolfgang StaudteOn 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...
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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
Director
...........................................................Wolfgang Staudte
Writer
...........................................................Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Wolfgang Staudte
Assistant Director
...........................................................Siegfried Menzel
Peter Podehl
Original Music Composer
...........................................................Herbert Windt
Production Manager
...........................................................Willi Teichmann
Production Companies
...................................................DEFA
Pandora-Film Stockholm
Production Countries
........................................................East Germany
Sweden
Spoken Languages
....................................................Deutsch
Genres
....................................................Drama
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