The Beacon

12/03/1954

|

1hr 35min

|

Drama

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

    Cast

  • Leonhard Ritter
  • Horst Naumann
  • Waltraut Kramm
  • Jochen Thomas
  • Ursula Kempert

    Directors

  • Peter Podehl
  • Siegfried Menzel
  • Wolfgang Staudte

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • DEFA
  • Pandora-Film Stockholm

    Production Countries

  • East Germany
  • Sweden

LANGUAGES

  • German