The Beacon
Leuchtfeuer
Watch the beacon HDToday. 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...
- Genre: Drama
- Country: East Germany, Sweden
- Director: Wolfgang Staudte
- Cast: Leonhard Ritter, Horst Naumann, Waltraut Kramm, Jochen Thomas, Ursula Kempert, Friedrich Gnaß, Hans Klering, Ulrich von der Trenck, Maria Wendt, Kurt Oligmüller, Barbara Adolph, Martin Angermann, Kurt Arndt, Ricarda Benndorf, Maria Besendahl, Heino Biesenthal, Karl Brenk, Fritz Decho, Maly Delschaft, Irene Eisermann, Elfriede Florin,
