Blue Bird
Blauvogel
Release: 1979-12-13
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 4.6
Adventure
Family
Western
Drama
In the middle of the 18th Century, the Ruster family immigrates to America. The father, a former farm laborer, leads a hard life as a settler along with his family. One day the nine year-old George, his second-youngest son, is kidnapped by Iroquois. He is taken in by an Indian family in the place of a deceased son and receives the name "Blue Bird." The boy has homesickness and difficulties accustoming to the customs of the Indians.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Norbert Speer
Egon Günther
as Archie
Violeta Andrei
Marina Krogull
Carl-Hermann Risse
Alexandru Virgil Platon
Jutta Hoffmann
as Mildred Ruster
Kurt Böwe
as John Ruster
Jan Spitzer
as Andrew
Răzvan Vasilescu
Gabriel Marian Oseciuc
as George 'Blauvogel' Ruster (adult)
Anca Szonyi
as Malia als Erwachsene
Vasile Popa
as 1. Kidnapper
