Released:
1980-11-13

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.

Director:
Horst Seemann

Runtime:
1h 58min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Erwin Geschonneck
  as
  Johann
• 
  Katja Paryla
  as
  Christina
• 
  Christian Grashof
  as
  Levin
• 
  Ilonka Ilieva
  as
  Marie
• 
  Fred Düren
  as
  Prediger Feller