Der Leuchtturm (movie)
- Production country: Germany, Austria
- Producer: Vojtěch Jasný
- Production companies: ORF, ZDF, Neue Thalia-Film
- Genre: TV Movie, Drama
- Release date: 10/25/1972
- Run time: 82 min.
Movie description
A psychological and existential study of a prisoner charged with guarding an isolated lighthouse. If he makes it through two years, the remainder of his sentence for manslaughter in a bar brawl will be pardoned. Nobody before managed to cope with the solitude. One day, a rat makes its way to the island. The sea and the island, the man and the rat, friendship and vendetta.