The Lightship
| The Lightship | |
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| Directed by | Jerzy Skolimowski |
| Screenplay by | William Mai David Taylor |
| Based on | The Lightship by Siegfried Lenz |
| Produced by | Bill Benenson Moritz Borman Matthias Deyle |
| Starring | Robert Duvall Klaus Maria Brandauer Badja Djola Arliss Howard William Forsythe |
| Cinematography | Charly Steinberger |
| Edited by | Scott Hancock Barrie Vince |
| Music by | Stanley Myers |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Castle Hill Productions |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
The Lightship is a 1985 American drama film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. The film stars Klaus Maria Brandauer and Robert Duvall, with early appearances by Arliss Howard and William Forsythe.
The film is based on the novella "Das Feuerschiff" ("The Lightship" in German) by German author Siegfried Lenz which had previously been made into a German film of the same title in 1963. The film was the last made by CBS Theatrical Films, which went out of business in November 1985. The film was distributed by Castle Hill Productions just nine months after the closure of the studio.