
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
Herbert Windt
Original Music Composer
Erich Zander
Production Design
Walter Schulze-Mittendorff
Costume Design
Elfriede Kuster
Makeup Artist
Alois Strasser
Makeup Artist
Heinz Herrmann
Unit Manager
Willi Teichmann
Production Manager
Siegfried Menzel
Assistant Director

Peter Podehl
Assistant Director
Karl Tramburg
Sound
Günter Marczinkowsky
Assistant Camera
Heinz Wenzel
Still Photographer