The Island of the Silver Herons
1977•1h 15m•7.0•Released
Drama
The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, although there is a great deal that divides them. Heinrich comes from an officer's family with an army tradition and is preparing to enter cadet college. Paul's father and grandfather are workers, and Willi, left to depend on himself, works as a hotel messenger. The last year of the war is hard for everyone, but while Paul and Willi know their own minds and do not hesitate to help the war fugitives Tony and Sepp, for Heinrich everything is more complicated.
Director
Jaromil Jireš
Writer
František Pavlíček, Inge Heym
Languages
Czech, German
Studio
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Erwin Geschonneck
Colonel von Bülow
Günter Naumann
Sepp Erdmann
Vladimír Dlouhý
Tony
Michal Vavruša
Heinrich von Bülow
Petr Voříšek
Paul Meyer
Tomáš Vacek
Willi
Heidemarie Wenzel
Hilda von Bülow
Iva Bittová
Tereza
Wolfgang Greese
Police Chief
Erich Mirek
Grandpa Meyer
Jaromír Joo
Jan Král
Gabriela Najmanová
Král's Wife
Jindřich Joo
Král's Son
Vladimír Navrátil
Jaromír Vaverka
Production
Company
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Company
Filmové studio Barrandov
Recommended
6.7
Girl in the Box
2016
7.6
Gigi & Nate
2022
6.1
Won't Back Down
2012
6.7
The Last Rifleman
2023
6.9
Eleanor the Great
2025
6.7
A Call to Spy
2020
7
The Young One
1960
6.5
My Neighbor Adolf
2022
6.6
Hands of Stone
2016
6.4
The Kill Team
2019
7.2
Fatima
2020
6.3
The Kindness of Strangers
2019
6.8
Battle of the Year
2013
6.7
Adopt a Highway
2019
6.1
Holy Lands
2019
6.7
The Road Dance
2022
7.8
Charm City Kings
2020
7
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
5.9
Winged Creatures
2009
5.9
O.G.
2018
Similar Movies
6.8
Days of Hate
1954
7.5
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
9
Konečne bude mier!
1985
6.3
The Victors
1963
6.3
The Gold Bug
1980
5.8
Nobody Will Laugh
1966
The Graffiti of Mr. Tupaia
2008
7.5
Pad Man
2018
6.2
Angels and Insects
1995
7.5
The Man Who Would Be King
1975
5.2
The Exit Room
2013
5.6
Ursula
1961
Dáma
1967
5
Hanele
1999
10
The Harness
1971
2.7
Pomsta
1971
5.4
Jindabyne
2006
6
House in the Snow-Drifts
1927
Vinterdag 1914
1978
9
Martha, Ruth & Edie
1988