Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Horst Seemann
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Hans-Jürgen Kruse
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Horst SeemannWriter
- Johannes BobrowskiNovel
- Original title
- Levins Mühle
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 13, 1980
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- East Germany, Germany
Production
Cast
Erwin GeschonneckJohann
Katja ParylaChristina
Christian GrashofLevin- Ilonka IlievaMarie
Fred DürenPrediger Feller
Käthe ReichelJosepha
Rolf HoppeAbdecker Froese
Rolf LudwigScarletto
Kalina JędrusikAntonia
Eberhard EscheKrolikowski
Kurt BöwePhilippi
Eckhard BeckerZbylut
Andrzej SzalawskiWeiszmantel
Dieter FrankeWilluhn- Elsa Grube-DeisterTante Huse
Stefan LisewskiKaplan Rogalla
Hans TeuscherPolizeimeister Birfacker
Leon NiemczykKorrinth
Wirgiliusz GryńNieswandt
Herwart Grossevon Bahr-Uckley
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