Schatten über den Inseln

Schatten über den Inseln (1952)

On the Faroe Islands, people eke out a meagre existence by catching birds. Merchant Brause pays them little and does a good business. This comes under threat when Dr. Sten Horn suspects that the dangerous annual plague, which kills dozens of inhabitants, is transmitted by birds. Brause forces the people to work anyway and conceals the telegram from the Copenhagen research institute that confirms Horn's suspicions. Horn, supported by his cousin Arne, enlightens the islanders and the greedy Brause can only flee.

Date of release
1952-05-15
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama
Director
Otto Meyer

Casting

Interesting facts

Shadow over the Islands is an East German black-and-white film, directed by Otto Meyer. It was released in 1952.

Production

1952 saw the East German film industry sink to the lowest point in its history. Due to increasing supervision by the Socialist Unity Party, manifested in the new DEFA Commission of the SED's Politburo that oversaw the eponymous film studio, many productions were canceled or thoroughly censored to ensure compliance with the state's ideological line. DEFA produced only six films during 1952.

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