Levin's Mill

Levin's Mill

118 mins | Drama | Nov. 13, 1980

In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner, secretly opens the dam gates and floods the mill of his Jewish rival Levin. After his business is ruined and his calls for justice go unanswered, Levin leaves town.

Levin's Mill

118 mins | Drama | Nov. 13, 1980

Levin's Mill
In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner, secretly opens the dam gates and floods the mill of his Jewish rival Levin. After his business is ruined and his calls for justice go unanswered, Levin leaves town.
Producers DEFA
Original title Levins Mühle
Directors Horst Seemann
Writers Johannes Bobrowski, Horst Seemann

Cast

Erwin Geschonneck

as Johann

Katja Paryla

as Christina

Ilonka Ilieva

as Marie

Fred Düren

as Prediger Feller

Käthe Reichel

as Josepha

Rolf Hoppe

as Abdecker Froese

Rolf Ludwig

as Scarletto

Kalina Jędrusik

as Antonia

Eberhard Esche

as Krolikowski

Kurt Böwe

as Philippi

Eckhard Becker

as Zbylut

Andrzej Szalawski

as Weiszmantel

Dieter Franke

as Willuhn

Elsa Grube-Deister

as Tante Huse

Stefan Lisewski

as Kaplan Rogalla

Hans Teuscher

as Polizeimeister Birfacker

Leon Niemczyk

as Korrinth

Wirgiliusz Gryń

as Nieswandt

Herwart Grosse

as von Bahr-Uckley

Dieter Mann

as von Tittlack

Hannjo Hasse

as Rittmeister von Lojewski

Gerry Wolff

as Geethe

Hans Klering

as Fagin

Ursula Karusseit

as Frau Rosinke

Carl Heinz Choynski

as Gendarm Adam

Petar Slabakov

as Habedank

Günter Rüger

as Sekretär Bonikowski