
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...
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
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Cast

Leonhard Ritter
Leuchtturmwärter

Horst Naumann
Mastfischer

Waltraut Kramm
Mastfischer's Frau

Jochen Thomas
Masträuber

Ursula Kempert
Masträuber's Frau

Friedrich Gnaß
Alter Mann mit Prothese

Hans Klering
Kaufmann
Ulrich von der Trenck
Schnapsfischer
Maria Wendt
Frau des Schnapsfischers

Kurt Oligmüller
Fischer
Barbara Adolph
Junge Mutter
Martin Angermann
Fischer
Kurt Arndt
Wischnu
Ricarda Benndorf
Fischerin
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