The Beacon

1h 35m

6

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

Leonhard Ritter

Leuchtturmwärter

Mastfischer's Frau

Masträuber's Frau

Friedrich Gnaß

Alter Mann mit Prothese

Ulrich von der Trenck

Frau des Schnapsfischers

Kurt Oligmüller

Martin Angermann

Ricarda Benndorf

Maria Besendahl

Heino Biesenthal

Dame in der Küche

Irene Eisermann

Elfriede Florin

Hans-Jürgen Jürgens

Bootsmann auf der 'Rico Pecos'

Claus Peter Lüttgen

Sohn des Segelmachers

Kapitän der 'Fortuna'

Fischgroßhändler

Joe Münch-Harris

Wolfgang Paulsen

Sänger auf der 'Rico Pecos'

Friedrich Richter

Kapitän auf der 'Akra'

Herbert Richter

Raimund Schelcher

Betrunkener Matrose

Johannes Schmidt

Gertrud Seelhorst

Frau des Fischgroßhändlers

Einfältige Frau

Crew

Marieluise Steinhauer

Wolfgang Staudte

Director, Writer

Werner Jörg Lüddecke

Robert Baberske

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

Siegfried Menzel

Assistant Director

Production Design

Günter Marczinkowsky

Assistant Camera

Walter Schulze-Mittendorff

Elfriede Kuster

Original Music Composer

Still Photographer

Willi Teichmann

Production Manager