Schatten über den Inseln
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On the Faroe Islands, people eke out a meagre existence by catching birds. Merchant Brause pays them little and does a good business. This comes under threat when Dr. Sten Horn suspects that the dangerous annual plague, which kills dozens of inhabitants, is transmitted by birds. Brause forces the people to work anyway and conceals the telegram from the Copenhagen research institute that confirms Horn's suspicions. Horn, supported by his cousin Arne, enlightens the islanders and the greedy Brause can only flee.
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Cast
56 people
Erwin Geschonneck
Dr. Sten Horn
Also in
Naked Among Wolves
Jacob the Liar
Willy A. Kleinau
Bassen Brause
Known for
The Captain from Kopenick
Otto Meyer
Herbert Trantow
Kurt Adalbert
Fritz Diez
Known for
Seventeen Moments of Spring
Eugen Klagemann
Kriemhild Falke
Hildegard Tegener
Hans Jungbauer
Amtmann Mikkelson
Aribert Grimmer
Also in
The Witches of Salem
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
Gerd E. Schäfer
Also in
King Thrushbeard
The Golden Goose
Otto Meyer Director · Kurt Adalbert Writer Herbert Trantow Composer
First release May 15, 1952 · Produced in XG
Production
DEFA
Production
XG
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · May 15, 1952
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
September 25, 1952
XC
February 13, 1953 · Theatrical
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