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Release Date:
December 3, 1954
Original Title:
Leuchtfeuer
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
DEFA
Pandora-Film Stockholm
Production Countries:
East Germany | Sweden
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 95
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...
Assistant Camera:
Günter Marczinkowsky
Assistant Director:
Siegfried Menzel
Peter Podehl
Costume Design:
Walter Schulze-Mittendorff
Director:
Wolfgang Staudte
Director of Photography:
Robert Baberske
Dramaturgy:
Marieluise Steinhauer
Editor:
Ruth Moegelin
Makeup Artist:
Elfriede Kuster
Alois Strasser
Original Music Composer:
Herbert Windt
Production Design:
Erich Zander
Production Manager:
Willi Teichmann
Sound:
Karl Tramburg
Still Photographer:
Heinz Wenzel
Unit Manager:
Heinz Herrmann
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