The read
It runs long at 2h 43m.
Synopsis
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the paths of three people on the run cross by chance in the small Baltic Sea port of Rerig: Gregor, a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD); Judith, a Jewish woman; and a pastor who wants to save an Ernst Barlach sculpture classified as degenerate art. All those involved share a common fate and the dream of a fisherman's boy from Zanzibar, which is less a real goal than a utopia of a better future. Adaptation of Alfred Andersch's novel.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Karin HagenWriter
- Bernhard WickiScreenplay
- Inge RohdeWriter
- Wolfgang KirchnerScreenplay
- Bernhard WickiDirector
- Günther FischerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter KremerGregor
- Cornelia SchmausJudith
- Gisela SteinCast
- Gisela SteinJudiths Mutter
- Michael GwisdekHeinrich Knudsen
- Elisabeth EndrissBertha Knudsen
- Peter SodannPastor Helander
- Frank HessenlandSchiffsjunge bei Knudsen
- Karin GregorekMutter des Schiffsjungen
- Rolf LudwigGastwirt Paul
- Siegfried VoßDr. Frerking
- Frieder VenusSven