118 minutes
11/13/1980
In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner, secretly opens the dam gates and floods the mill of his Jewish rival Levin. After his business is ruined and his calls for justice go unanswered, Levin leaves town.
Erwin Geschonneck
as Johann
Katja Paryla
as Christina
Christian Grashof
as Levin
Ilonka Ilieva
as Marie
Fred Düren
as Prediger Feller
Käthe Reichel
as Josepha
Rolf Hoppe
as Abdecker Froese
Rolf Ludwig
as Scarletto
Kalina Jędrusik
as Antonia
Eberhard Esche
as Krolikowski
Kurt Böwe
as Philippi
Eckhard Becker
as Zbylut
Andrzej Szalawski
as Weiszmantel
Dieter Franke
as Willuhn
Elsa Grube-Deister
as Tante Huse
Stefan Lisewski
as Kaplan Rogalla
Hans Teuscher
as Polizeimeister Birfacker
Leon Niemczyk
as Korrinth
Wirgiliusz Gryń
as Nieswandt
Herwart Grosse
as von Bahr-Uckley
Dieter Mann
as von Tittlack
Hannjo Hasse
as Rittmeister von Lojewski
Gerry Wolff
as Geethe
Hans Klering
as Fagin
Ursula Karusseit
as Frau Rosinke
Carl Heinz Choynski
as Gendarm Adam
Petar Slabakov
as Habedank
Günter Rüger
as Sekretär Bonikowski