Blue Bird (1979)

5.3/10 97 min Adventure Family Western Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Gabriel Marian Oseciuc

George 'Blauvogel' Ruster (adult)

Jutta Hoffmann

Mildred Ruster

Kurt Böwe

John Ruster

Jan Spitzer

Andrew

Egon Günther

Archie

Anca Szonyi

Malia als Erwachsene

Vasile Popa

1. Kidnapper

Violeta Andrei

Răzvan Vasilescu

Marina Krogull

Carl-Hermann Risse

Norbert Speer

Alexandru Virgil Platon

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