The Beacon
95 mins
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...
Friedrich Gnaß
Alter Mann mit Prothese
Ulrich von der Trenck
Schnapsfischer
Maria Wendt
Frau des Schnapsfischers
Barbara Adolph
Junge Mutter
Martin Angermann
Fischer
Kurt Arndt
Wischnu
Ricarda Benndorf
Fischerin
Heino Biesenthal
Kind
Fritz Decho
Matrose
Irene Eisermann
Fischerin
Hans-Jürgen Jürgens
Rudergast
Heinz Kammer
Ausrufer
Heinz Keuneke
2. Offizier
Julius Klee
Segelmacher
Else Korén
Fischerin
Gerhard Lau
Bootsmann auf der 'Rico Pecos'
Claus Peter Lüttgen
Sohn des Segelmachers
Frank Michelis
Netzflicker
Kurt Mikulski
Fischgroßhändler
Joe Münch-Harris
Kunsthändler
Wolfgang Paulsen
Sänger auf der 'Rico Pecos'
Herbert Richter
Betrunkener
Hans Schille
Fischer
Johannes Schmidt
Fischer
Gertrud Seelhorst
Fischerin
Lou Seitz
Frau des Fischgroßhändlers
Lisa Wehn
Einfältige Frau
Erwin Wittmer
Fischer
Siegfried Menzel
Assistant Director
Herbert Windt
Original Music Composer
Willi Teichmann
Production Manager
Karl Tramburg
Sound
Heinz Wenzel
Still Photographer
Erich Zander
Production Design
Elfriede Kuster
Makeup Artist
Alois Strasser
Makeup Artist
Walter Schulze-Mittendorff
Costume Design
Günter Marczinkowsky
Assistant Camera
Heinz Herrmann
Unit Manager
Marieluise Steinhauer
Dramaturgy
Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Writer
Ruth Moegelin
Editor
Robert Baberske
Director of Photography