The Beacon (1954)
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...
- Released
- 1954-12-03
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Wolfgang Staudte
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Leonhard Ritter as Leuchtturmwärter
- Horst Naumann as Mastfischer
- Waltraut Kramm as Mastfischer's Frau
- Jochen Thomas as Masträuber
- Ursula Kempert as Masträuber's Frau
- Friedrich Gnaß as Alter Mann mit Prothese
- Hans Klering as Kaufmann
- Ulrich von der Trenck as Schnapsfischer
- Maria Wendt as Frau des Schnapsfischers
- Kurt Oligmüller as Fischer
- Barbara Adolph as Junge Mutter
- Martin Angermann as Fischer
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