A beautiful young drifter comes to a small village and battles Death itself to save the man she loves.
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Cast
16 people
Sybille Schmitz
Maria
Known for
Vampyr
Titanic
Aribert Mog
The Young Man
Known for
Ecstasy
Westfront 1918
Frank Wisbar
Hans Jürgen Nierentz
Herbert Windt
Carl de Vogt
The Minstrel
Also in
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
Vom Rande des Sumpfes
Franz Weihmayr
Peter Voß
Death
Also in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Growing Youth
Lena Neumann
Gerhard Bienert
Gutsherr
Known for
M
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Fritz Maurischat
Eduard Wenck
Mayor Hegemann
Also in
Der Blaufuchs
Süss, the Jew
Frank Wisbar Director · Hans Jürgen Nierentz Writer Herbert Windt Composer
First release January 7, 1936 · Produced in Germany · Original title Fährmann Maria
Production
Pallas Film
Production
Germany
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Original title
Fährmann Maria
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 7, 1936
Premiere · Hildesheim, Bernward-Lichtspiele
Germany · February 7, 1936
Limited theatrical · Berlin, U.T. Kurfürstendamm
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
December 22, 1987 · TV · ZDF
August 27, 2026 · Physical
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