Der Schimmelreiter

Der Schimmelreiter (1978)

Drama

After the death of his father, the ambitious farmhand Hauke Haien works his way up to become the successor to the old dyke count, whose daughter Elke he marries. He develops plans for the construction of a new dyke to provide better protection against storm surges, but encounters resistance and inertia from the villagers, who superstitiously suspect him of being in league with the devil. As a heavy storm approaches, he chases towards the floods with his white horse...

6.9
  • Release Date: 1978-03-29
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Director: Alfred Weidenmann

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Cast

  • John Phillip Law

    Deichgraf Hauke Haien

  • Anita Ekström

    Elke Volkerts

  • Gert Fröbe

    Tede Volkerts, der alte Deichgraf

  • Dirk Galuba

    Großknecht bei Peters

  • Vera Tschechowa

    Vollina Harders

  • Lina Carstens

    Trin Jans

  • Richard Lauffen

    Jewe Manners

  • Reinhard Kolldehoff

    Jess Harders

  • Werner Hinz

    Amtsmann aus Husum

  • Volker Bogdan

    Iven Johns

  • Katharina Mayberg

    Ann Grete

  • Jörg Pleva

    Horse Seller

  • Rainer Delventhal

  • Bettina Dörner

  • Detlev Eckstein

  • Elmar Gehlen

  • Gerda Gmelin

  • Friedrich Hartau

  • Peter Kuiper

  • Wolfried Lier