The Beacon
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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...
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Cast
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Leonhard Ritter
Leuchtturmwärter
Also in
Thomas Müntzer
Castles and Cottages
Horst Naumann
Mastfischer
Also in
Die Schwarzwaldklinik
Das Traumschiff
Wolfgang Staudte
Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Robert Baberske
Waltraut Kramm
Mastfischer's Frau
Also in
Die Achatmurmel
Stars
Herbert Windt
Jochen Thomas
Masträuber
Also in
Aber Vati!
Schwester Agnes
Ruth Moegelin
Marieluise Steinhauer
Ursula Kempert
Masträuber's Frau
Also in
The Story of Little Mook
Carola Lamberti
Friedrich Gnaß
Alter Mann mit Prothese
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Wolfgang Staudte Director · Werner Jörg Lüddecke Writer Herbert Windt Composer
First release December 3, 1954 · Produced in XG, Sweden · Production Pandora-Film Stockholm, DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
Pandora-Film Stockholm
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Sweden
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Original title
Leuchtfeuer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · December 3, 1954
Theatrical · Berlin (East Germany)
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
May 19, 1955
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