The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes drowing when she is rescued by Wolfe Kristan a half-mad lighthouse keeper. Brought aboard the lighthouse itself, she begins to fall in love with the assistant keeper who, unknown to her, is a British spy. As the couple become more intimate, Kristan's jealously finally pushes him over the brink and into full-blown madness...
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Lawrence HuntingtonDirector
- John ArgyleWriter
Cast
- Wilfrid LawsonWolfe Kristan
- Michael RennieAnthony Hale
- MovitaMarie Durand
- Morland GrahamHarbor Master Kleber
- George WoodbridgeGruppenfuhrer Rudolf Jurgens
- Charles RolfeAlbers
- Richard GeorgeShip's Capt. Borkmann
- H Victor WeskePeters - resigning lighthouse assistant
- Olive SloaneFlorist
- Eric ClaveringRiemers
- John LongdenCommander
- Edward SinclairFletcher - Hale's contact
Stills
Themes
lighthouse