Film
The Beacon
1954 · 95 min · ★ 6 · Dir. Wolfgang Staudte
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...
Starring
Leonhard Ritter
Leuchtturmwärter
Horst Naumann
Mastfischer
Barbara Adolph
Junge Mutter
Waltraut Kramm
Mastfischer's Frau
Jochen Thomas
Masträuber
Maly Delschaft
Dame in der Küche
Ursula Kempert
Masträuber's Frau
Friedrich Gnaß
Alter Mann mit Prothese
Alfred Maack
Kapitän der 'Fortuna'
Kurt Mikulski
Fischgroßhändler
Hans Klering
Kaufmann
Ulrich von der Trenck
Schnapsfischer
Maria Wendt
Frau des Schnapsfischers
Kurt Oligmüller
Fischer
Ellen Anders
Martin Angermann
Fischer
Kurt Arndt
Bruno Atlas-Eising