The Beacon

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...

• Herbert WindtOriginal Music Composer
• Wolfgang StaudteDirector
• Wolfgang StaudteWriter
• Werner Jörg LüddeckeWriter

• Leonhard RitterLeuchtturmwärter
• Horst NaumannMastfischer
• Waltraut KrammMastfischer's Frau
• Jochen ThomasMasträuber
• Ursula KempertMasträuber's Frau
• Friedrich GnaßAlter Mann mit Prothese
• Hans KleringKaufmann
• Ulrich von der TrenckSchnapsfischer
• Maria WendtFrau des Schnapsfischers
• Kurt OligmüllerFischer
• Barbara AdolphJunge Mutter
• Martin AngermannFischer