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Der rote Reiter

11/08/1970

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1hr 16min

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Drama

STORY

In 1920, Michael, the son of a German laboring man, decides to travel to Russia. As "red horseman" he wants to support the socialist revolution and fight for the welfare of the working class. The journey towards the east turns out to be both a big adventure and a severe ethical test for the young man. He has to escape the German Armed Forces and ends up at a traveling circus where he falls in love with Fanny, a dressage rider. He overcomes the temptation to stay with her at the circus and - after briefly joining a gang of teenage thieves - he eventually boards a ship heading east. Aboard the ship he finds out that the seamen are transporting weapons for the hostile members of the White Army.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Burkhard Mann
  • Gerhard Lau
  • Klaus Pönitz
  • Regina Popig-Heeger
  • Ralph Borgwardt

    Director

  • Walter Beck

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • DEFA

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German

Cast

Burkhard Mann

Gerhard Lau

Klaus Pönitz

Regina Popig-Heeger

Ralph Borgwardt

Marianne Wünscher

Helmut Schreiber

Horst Ziethen

Juliane Korén

Holger Mahlich