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Release Date:
November 10, 2008
Original Title:
Das Feuerschiff
Alternate Titles:
Das Feuerschiff
Das Feuerschiff (2008)
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
ARD
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 89
The German lightship (permanently anchored floating 'lighthouse') Borkum Riff is about to be decommissioned. For his last tour of duty, Captain Johann Freytag brings along his near-adult, estranged son Fred. The ship picks up three men stranded in a broken-down boat--who are armed. The captain tries to avoid trouble, but the crew, his son, and the trio of violent robbers on the run keep rejecting his nonviolent advice, which leads to repeated bloodshed.
Casting:
Gitta Uhlig
Costume Design:
Petra Kilian
Director:
Florian Gärtner
Director of Photography:
Achim Poulheim
Editor:
Regina Bärtschi
Executive Producer:
Claudia Thieme
Music:
Jörg Lemberg
Producer:
Doris J. Heinze
Markus Trebitsch
Production Design:
Zazie Knepper
Sound:
Matthias Wolff
Story:
Siegfried Lenz
Writer:
Lothar Kurzawa
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