Der Schimmelreiter

Der Schimmelreiter (1978)

Drama

After the death of his father, the ambitious farmhand Hauke Haien works his way up to become the successor to the old dyke count, whose daughter Elke he marries. He develops plans for the construction of a new dyke to provide better protection against storm surges, but encounters resistance and inertia from the villagers, who superstitiously suspect him of being in league with the devil. As a heavy storm approaches, he chases towards the floods with his white horse...

Director: Alfred Weidenmann
Writers: Alfred Weidenmann, Georg Althammer.

Casts

	John Phillip Law as Deichgraf Hauke Haien
	Anita Ekström as Elke Volkerts
	Gert Fröbe as Tede Volkerts, der alte Deichgraf
	Dirk Galuba as Großknecht bei Peters
	Vera Tschechowa as Vollina Harders
	Lina Carstens as Trin Jans
	Richard Lauffen as Jewe Manners
	Reinhard Kolldehoff as Jess Harders
	Werner Hinz as Amtsmann aus Husum
	Volker Bogdan as Iven Johns
	Katharina Mayberg as Ann Grete
	Jörg Pleva as Horse Seller
	Rainer Delventhal as
	Bettina Dörner as
	Detlev Eckstein as
	Elmar Gehlen as
	Gerda Gmelin as
	Friedrich Hartau as
	Peter Kuiper as
	Wolfried Lier as

Crew