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The "Astoria", an English luxury liner, collides with a freighter shortly before the end of its voyage and threatens to sink. Captain Mitchell, successful and envied, sets in motion an expensive rescue operation. He manages to avert a catastrophe and bring the passengers and the ship to safety. But the shipowner considers the operation excessive, calls Mitchell a coward and fires him. His career seems to be over. When his friends and his fiancée also make fun of him, he devises a cunning plan of revenge.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1979-12-23
Runtime: 94 mins
Director: Christa Mühl
Writer: Christa Mühl, Werner Hecht
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Drama
Original title: Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
Production Companies: Fernsehen der DDR, DEFA
Production Countries: East Germany

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