Desc: Der rote Reiter: Directed by Walter Beck. With Burkhard Mann, Gerhard Lau, Klaus Pönitz, Regina Popig-Heeger. In 1920, the 16-year-old working boy Michael from Erzgebirge made his way to Russia. He wanted to become a Red Knight of the Budjonny to fight for the interests of the working class in the land of the socialist revolution.