Film

Der rote Reiter

1970 · 1h 16m · Drama

In 1920, Michael, the son of a German laboring man, decides to travel to Russia. As "red horseman" he wants to support the socialist revolution and fight for the welfare of the working class. The journey towards the east turns out to be both a big adventure and a severe ethical test for the young man. He has to escape the German Armed Forces and ends up at a traveling circus where he falls in love with Fanny, a dressage rider. He overcomes the temptation to stay with her at the circus and - after briefly joining a gang of teenage thieves - he eventually boards a ship heading east. Aboard the ship he finds out that the seamen are transporting weapons for the hostile members of the White Army.

Burkhard Mann

Gerhard Lau

Klaus Pönitz

Regina Popig-Heeger

Ralph Borgwardt

Marianne Wünscher

Helmut Schreiber

Horst Ziethen

Juliane Korén

Holger Mahlich

Nico Turoff

Kapitän Fauchelevent

Siegfried Kellermann

Ulrich Voß

Gerd Micheel

Zygmunt Mierzwiak

Vera Oelschlegel

• Walter BeckDirector · Writer
• Joachim PlötnerWriter
• Günter HeimannDirector of Photography
• Rita HillerEditor

Release date

November 8, 1970

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Drama