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.

• DirectorUlrich Weiß
• Release13 December 1979
• Genre
  Adventure / Family
• Duration1h 37m
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  4.6
  7 reviews
• Productions

  DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme