The German lightship (permanently anchored floating 'lighthouse') Borkum Riff is about to be decommissioned. For his last tour of duty, Captain Johann Freytag brings along his near-adult, estranged son Fred. The ship picks up three men stranded in a broken-down boat--who are armed. The captain tries to avoid trouble, but the crew, his son, and the trio of violent robbers on the run keep rejecting his nonviolent advice, which leads to repeated bloodshed.
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Jan Fedder
Kaptän Freytag
Known for
Das Boot
Das Boot
Siegfried Lenz
novel / Pfeiferauchender Angler
Alexander Grünberg
Ole
Also in
Two in a Boat
Cold Water
Nicolas Solar Lozier
Maskierter
Also in
Verschollen
Forbidden Desire - I Love My Student
Axel Milberg
Dr. Caspary
Known for
Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy
Wetlands
Tobias Schenke
Fred
Known for
Ants in the Pants
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Margarita Broich
Inga
Known for
The Diary of Anne Frank
Dreamgirls
Henning Peker
Gombert
Known for
Dark
Babylon Berlin
Jörg Ratjen
Eugen
Also in
liebeskind
Nachtschicht
Christian Tasche
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Solino
Alexander Simon
Also in
Über Anna
Marseille
Florian Gärtner Director · Lothar Kurzawa Writer Siegfried Lenz Author
First release September 27, 2008 · Produced in Germany · Production Aspekt Telefilm-Produktion GmbH
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Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · September 27, 2008
Premiere
Germany · November 10, 2008
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