The Island of the Silver Herons

The Island of the Silver Herons

1977•1h 15m•5.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.0/10(1)

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.

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Production

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Filmové studio Barrandov

Language

CS

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Erwin Geschonneck

Erwin Geschonneck

Colonel von Bülow

Günter Naumann

Günter Naumann

Sepp Erdmann

Vladimír Dlouhý

Vladimír Dlouhý

Tony

Michal Vavruša

Heinrich von Bülow

Petr Voříšek

Petr Voříšek

Paul Meyer

Tomáš Vacek

Tomáš Vacek

Willi

Heidemarie Wenzel

Heidemarie Wenzel

Hilda von Bülow

Iva Bittová

Iva Bittová

Tereza

Wolfgang Greese

Wolfgang Greese

Police Chief

Erich Mirek

Grandpa Meyer

Jaromír Joo

Jaromír Joo

Jan Král

Gabriela Najmanová

Král's Wife

Jindřich Joo

Král's Son

Vladimír Navrátil

Jaromír Vaverka

Peter Kalisch

Dieter Knust

Frank Ciazynski

Klaus Tilsner

Gustav

Karel Chromík

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