Drama · East Germany · 1980 · 1h 58m

Levin's Mill

Levins Mühle

Director

Cast

Erwin Geschonneck as Johann Katja Paryla as Christina Christian Grashof as Levin Ilonka Ilieva as Marie Fred Düren as Prediger Feller Käthe Reichel as Josepha

Crew

Hans-Jürgen Kruse — Director of Photography Bärbel Bauersfeld — Editor Horst Seemann — Writer Johannes Bobrowski — Novel

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Horst Seemann Director Hans-Jürgen Kruse Director of Photography Bärbel Bauersfeld Editor Horst Seemann Writer Johannes Bobrowski Novel

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