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...
Top Billed Cast
Leonhard Ritter
Leuchtturmwärter
Horst Naumann
Mastfischer
Waltraut Kramm
Mastfischer's Frau
Jochen Thomas
Masträuber
Ursula Kempert
Masträuber's Frau
Featured Crew
Walter Schulze-Mittendorff
Costume Design
Alois Strasser
Makeup Artist
Elfriede Kuster
Makeup Artist
Erich Zander
Production Design
Peter Podehl
Assistant Director
Heinz Herrmann
Unit Manager
Siegfried Menzel
Assistant Director
Heinz Wenzel
Still Photographer
Willi Teichmann
Production Manager
Herbert Windt
Original Music Composer
Karl Tramburg
Sound
Günter Marczinkowsky
Assistant Camera
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