Movielogr
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund (1987)
Directed by Bernhard Wicki
Overview
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the paths of three people on the run cross by chance in the small Baltic Sea port of Rerig: Gregor, a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD); Judith, a Jewish woman; and a pastor who wants to save an Ernst Barlach sculpture classified as degenerate art. All those involved share a common fate and the dream of a fisherman’s boy from Zanzibar, which is less a real goal than a utopia of a better future. Adaptation of Alfred Andersch’s novel.
Length 163 minutes
Actors
Peter Kremer | Cornelia Schmaus | Gisela Stein | Michael Gwisdek | Elisabeth Endriss | Peter Sodann | Frank Hessenland | Karin Gregorek | Rolf Ludwig | Siegfried Voß | Frieder Venus | Ulrich Mühe | Horst Eisele | Dieter Perlwitz