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.
Released: Nov 13, 1980
Runtime: 118 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Erwin Geschonneck, Katja Paryla, Christian Grashof, Ilonka Ilieva, Fred Düren, Käthe Reichel
Crew: Hans-Jürgen Kruse (Director of Photography), Horst Seemann (Director), Bärbel Bauersfeld (Editor), Horst Seemann (Music), Johannes Bobrowski (Novel), Horst Seemann (Writer)