M/S Gustloff
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2008-03-02
Runtime: 184 mins
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Writer: Rainer Berg
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Drama, History, War
Original title: M/S Gustloff
Production Companies: UFA Filmproduktion GmbH, ZDF
Production Countries: Germany
Cast
Kai Wiesinger
Valerie Niehaus
Heiner Lauterbach
Dana Vávrová
Detlev Buck
Michael Mendl
Francis Fulton-Smith
Karl Markovics
Alexander Held
Ulrike Kriener
Stefan Becker
Martin Bross
Christine Adler
Anja Knauer
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