The German lightship (permanently anchored floating 'lighthouse') Borkum Riff is about to be decommissioned. For his last tour of duty, Captain Johann Freytag brings along his near-adult, estranged son Fred. The ship picks up three men stranded in a broken-down boat--who are armed. The captain tries to avoid trouble, but the crew, his son, and the trio of violent robbers on the run keep rejecting his nonviolent advice, which leads to repeated bloodshed.
Cast
Crew
Florian Gärtner
Director
Lothar Kurzawa
Writer
Siegfried Lenz
Novel
Regina Bärtschi
Editor
Achim Poulheim
Director of Photography
Claudia Thieme
Executive Producer
Doris J. Heinze
Producer
Markus Trebitsch
Producer
Zazie Knepper
Production Design
Gitta Uhlig
Casting
Petra Kilian
Costume Design
Matthias Wolff
Sound
Jörg Lemberg
Music
