---
title: 'The Lightship (1963)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ladislao Vajda'
released: '1963-03-05'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lightship-1963'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055980/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lightship (1963)

1963 · 84 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Das Feuerschiff

## Synopsis

The Lightship is a 1963 West German thriller film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring James Robertson Justice, Helmut Wildt, and Dieter Borsche. It is based on a story by Siegfried Lenz, which was adapted again as the 1985 film The Lightship.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ladislao Vajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislao-vajda)
- **Screenplay:** [Curt Siodmak](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-siodmak)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peter Sandloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-sandloff)
- **Producer:** [Hermann Schwerin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-schwerin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Heinz Pehlke](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-pehlke)
- **Editor:** [Hermann Ludwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-ludwig)

## Cast

- [James Robertson Justice](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-robertson-justice)
- [Pinkas Braun](https://cinepixo.com/people/pinkas-braun)
- [Michael Hinz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hinz)
- [Helmut Wildt](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-wildt)
- [Dieter Borsche](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieter-borsche)

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