11 Feb 2003
Distant Lights
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.
Unterm Birnbaum
Abel Hradscheck, the owner of an inn in the Oderbruch country, faces financial ruin. For this state of affairs, Ursula, his wife and former actress, is by no means free of blame. She is a "newcomer" to the area and even after eleven years in the area, still a "stranger". A Cracow company announces that a money-collector is on his way to the innkeeper. Mr. Szulski arrives and the debts are settled - with money supposedly stemming from an inheritance. The next day, Szulski departs but according to the maid and the stable-boy, behaves in a very strange manner. Soon afterwards, his carriage is discovered in the Oder River, but there is no trace of the drowned man. Hradscheck's neighbor starts casting suspicion on the innkeeper. The Counselor of Justice, who heads the investigations has the spot under the pear tree dug out. A dead body is exhumed...
Top Billed Cast
Angelica Domröse Ursula Hradschek
Erik S. Klein Abel Hradschek
Agnes Kraus Mutter Jeschken
Norbert Christian Pfarrer Eccelius
Manfred Karge Bauer Kunicke
Günter Junghans Bauer Mietzel
Gert Gütschow Müller Quass
Heinz Scholz Dorfschulze Woytasch
Hannjo Hasse Justizrat Vowinkel
Jürgen Frohriep Gendarm Geelhaar
Peter Aust Georg
Karla Runkehl Male
Jürgen Holtz Jakob
Matthias Günther Ede
Angelika Waller Frau Mietzel
Hildegard Alex Ilona Brömmer-Weiß 
Jutta Wachowiak 
Wolfgang Greese 
Leon Niemczyk
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