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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...Read moreLess
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...
The story
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...
Cast & crew
Leonhard RitterLeuchtturmwärter
Horst NaumannMastfischer
Waltraut KrammMastfischer's Frau
Jochen ThomasMasträuber
Ursula KempertMasträuber's Frau
Friedrich GnaßAlter Mann mit Prothese
Hans KleringKaufmann
Kurt OligmüllerFischerExplore the crew
- Original Music Composer
- Herbert Windt
- Director
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Writer
- Werner Jörg Lüddecke
- Editor
- Ruth Moegelin
- Writer
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Director of Photography
- Robert Baberske