Der Schimmelreiter
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Der Schimmelreiter 1978 Directed by Alfred Weidenmann

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...

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gnere Drama
Production Companies ZDF , Studio Film , Schimmelreiter Albis Film
Release Date 29 March 1978
96 mins
Cast
John Phillip Law
John Phillip Law Deichgraf Hauke Haien
Anita Ekström
Anita Ekström Elke Volkerts
Gert Fröbe
Gert Fröbe Tede Volkerts, der alte Deichgraf
Dirk Galuba
Dirk Galuba Großknecht bei Peters
Vera Tschechowa
Vera Tschechowa Vollina Harders
Lina Carstens
Lina Carstens Trin Jans
Richard Lauffen
Richard Lauffen Jewe Manners
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Reinhard Kolldehoff Jess Harders
Werner Hinz
Werner Hinz Amtsmann aus Husum
Volker Bogdan
Volker Bogdan Iven Johns
Katharina Mayberg
Katharina Mayberg Ann Grete
Jörg Pleva
Jörg Pleva Horse Seller
Rainer Delventhal
Rainer Delventhal
Bettina Dörner
Bettina Dörner
Detlev Eckstein
Detlev Eckstein
Elmar Gehlen
Elmar Gehlen
Gerda Gmelin
Gerda Gmelin
Friedrich Hartau
Friedrich Hartau
Peter Kuiper
Peter Kuiper
Wolfried Lier
Wolfried Lier
Crew
Director
Alfred Weidenmann
Alfred Weidenmann
Writers
Alfred Weidenmann
Alfred Weidenmann
Georg Althammer
Georg Althammer
Cinematography
Heinz Hölscher
Heinz Hölscher
Editor
Klaus Dudenhöfer
Klaus Dudenhöfer
Original Writer
Theodor Storm
Theodor Storm
Music
Hans-Martin Majewski
Hans-Martin Majewski