The Island of the Silver Herons

Jan 21, 1977

1h 15m

★ 5.0

Overview

The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, although there is a great deal that divides them. Heinrich comes from an officer's family with an army tradition and is preparing to enter cadet college. Paul's father and grandfather are workers, and Willi, left to depend on himself, works as a hotel messenger. The last year of the war is hard for everyone, but while Paul and Willi know their own minds and do not hesitate to help the war fugitives Tony and Sepp, for Heinrich everything is more complicated.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Filmové studio Barrandov

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Cast

Colonel von Bülow

Erwin Geschonneck

Sepp Erdmann

Günter Naumann

Tony

Vladimír Dlouhý

Heinrich von Bülow

Michal Vavruša

Paul Meyer

Petr Voříšek

Willi

Tomáš Vacek

Hilda von Bülow

Heidemarie Wenzel

Tereza

Iva Bittová

Police Chief

Wolfgang Greese

Grandpa Meyer

Erich Mirek

Jan Král

Jaromír Joo

Král's Wife

Gabriela Najmanová

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