The read
It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Walter BeckDirector
- Joachim PlötnerWriter
- Walter BeckWriter
Cast
- Burkhard MannCast
- Gerhard LauCast
- Klaus PönitzCast
- Regina Popig-HeegerCast
- Ralph BorgwardtCast
- Marianne WünscherCast
- Helmut SchreiberCast
- Horst ZiethenCast
- Juliane KorénCast
- Holger MahlichCast
- Nico TuroffKapitän Fauchelevent
- Siegfried KellermannCast