Der Schimmelreiter (1978)
After the death of his father, the ambitious farmhand Hauke Haien works his way up to become the successor to the old dyke count, whose daughter Elke he marries. He develops plans for the construction of a new dyke to provide better protection against storm surges, but encounters resistance and inertia from the villagers, who superstitiously suspect him of being in league with the devil. As a heavy storm approaches, he chases towards the floods with his white horse...
- Released
- 1978-03-29
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alfred Weidenmann, Georg Althammer, Alfred Weidenmann
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- John Phillip Law as Deichgraf Hauke Haien
- Anita Ekström as Elke Volkerts
- Gert Fröbe as Tede Volkerts, der alte Deichgraf
- Dirk Galuba as Großknecht bei Peters
- Vera Tschechowa as Vollina Harders
- Lina Carstens as Trin Jans
- Richard Lauffen as Jewe Manners
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Jess Harders
- Werner Hinz as Amtsmann aus Husum
- Volker Bogdan as Iven Johns
- Katharina Mayberg as Ann Grete
- Jörg Pleva as Horse Seller