The Beacon (1954)

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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...

GENRES:  Drama
DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Staudte
CAST:  Leonhard Ritter  •  Horst Naumann  •  Barbara Adolph  •  Hela Gruel

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Leonhard Ritter Leuchtturmwärter
Horst Naumann Mastfischer
Barbara Adolph Junge Mutter
Hela Gruel 4. Fischerin
Maly Delschaft Dame in der Küche
Ursula Kempert Masträuber's Frau
Alfred Maack Kapitän der 'Fortuna'
Kurt Mikulski Fischgroßhändler
Jochen Thomas
Friedrich Gnaß
Hans Klering
Ulrich von der Trenck

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