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Der Schimmelreiter (1978) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1978 · 96 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Alfred Weidenmann
- Starring
- Gert Fröbe, John Phillip Law, Vera Tschechowa, Dirk Galuba, Peter Kuiper, Anita Ekström
After his father's death, ambitious farmhand Hauke Haien succeeds the aging dyke count and marries the count's daughter, Elke. He advocates building a stronger dyke to protect the land from storm surges, but superstitious villagers accuse him of making a pact with the devil. As a fierce storm gathers, Hauke rides his white horse into the flood.
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