Plot Summary
Joseph Vilsmaier Two-part TV movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship, at the end of World War II. On 30 January 1945, Captain Hellmuth Kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating wounded soldiers and civilians trapped by the Red Army. Soon after leaving the harbor of Danzig, it was hit by three torpedoes from the Soviet submarine and sank in less than an hour.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Die Gustloff
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- de
Where to watch free (US)
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Cast
Kai Wiesinger
Hellmut Kehding
Valerie Niehaus
Erika Galetschky
Heiner Lauterbach
Harald Kehding
Dana Vávrová
Lilli Simoneit
Detlev Buck
Hagen Koch
Michael Mendl
Kapitän Wilhelm Johannsen
Francis Fulton-Smith
Korvettenkapitän Leonberg
Karl Markovics
Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Petri
Alexander Held
Ortsgruppenleiter Escher
Ulrike Kriener
Erikas Vorgesetzte
Stefan Becker
Fähnrich
Martin Bross
Ältester Matrose
Christine Adler
Führerin
Anja Knauer
Marianne Erdmann
Maria Mägdefrau
alte Frau
Nina Mölleken
Flüchtlingskind
Thorsten Nindel
Leutnant Lehmann
Tom Wlaschiha
Bootsmann
Production Companies
ZDF
