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The Beacon

(1954)

December 3, 1954 1h 35m
60%
TMDB Score

Overview

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...

Wolfgang Staudte

Director

Top Billed Cast

LR

Leonhard Ritter

Leuchtturmwärter

HN

Horst Naumann

Mastfischer

WK

Waltraut Kramm

Mastfischer's Frau

JT

Jochen Thomas

Masträuber

UK

Ursula Kempert

Masträuber's Frau

FG

Friedrich Gnaß

Alter Mann mit Prothese

HK

Hans Klering

Kaufmann

UvdT

Ulrich von der Trenck

Schnapsfischer

MW

Maria Wendt

Frau des Schnapsfischers

KO

Kurt Oligmüller

Fischer