Blue Bird

(1979)

★ 5.3 IMDb · 8 votes

Genres: Adventure, Family, Western, Drama

Year: 1979

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: East Germany

Director: Ulrich Weiß

Cast: Robin Jaeger, Gabriel Marian Oseciuc, Jutta Hoffmann, Kurt Böwe, Jan Spitzer, Jörg Foth, Egon Günther, Anca Szonyi, Gheorghe Pătru, Petruț Traian

Plot

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.