Der rote Reiter
In 1920, Michael, the son of a German laboring man, decides to travel to Russia. As "red horseman" he wants to support the socialist revolution and fight for the welfare of the working class. The journey towards the east turns out to be both a big adventure and a severe ethical test for the young man. He has to escape the German Armed Forces and ends up at a traveling circus where he falls in love with Fanny, a dressage rider. He overcomes the temptation to stay with her at the circus and - after briefly joining a gang of teenage thieves - he eventually boards a ship heading east. Aboard the ship he finds out that the seamen are transporting weapons for the hostile members of the White Army.
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Burkhard Mann
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Gerhard Lau
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Klaus Pönitz
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Regina Popig-Heeger
Ralph Borgwardt
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Marianne Wünscher
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Helmut Schreiber
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Horst Ziethen
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Juliane Korén
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Holger Mahlich
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Siegfried Kellermann
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Walter Beck Director · Joachim Plötner Writer Günter Heimann Cinematographer
First release November 8, 1970 · Produced in XG
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
XG
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 8, 1970
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
October 4, 1971 · Theatrical
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