M/S Gustloff

3h 4min

Drama

History

War

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.

Production Companies

UFA Filmproduktion GmbH

ZDF

Cast

Kai Wiesinger

Kai Wiesinger

Hellmut Kehding
Valerie Niehaus

Valerie Niehaus

Erika Galetschky
Heiner Lauterbach

Heiner Lauterbach

Harald Kehding
Dana Vávrová

Dana Vávrová

Lilli Simoneit
Detlev Buck

Detlev Buck

Hagen Koch
Michael Mendl

Michael Mendl

Kapitän Wilhelm Johannsen
Francis Fulton-Smith

Francis Fulton-Smith

Korvettenkapitän Leonberg
Karl Markovics

Karl Markovics

Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Petri
Alexander Held

Alexander Held

Ortsgruppenleiter Escher
Ulrike Kriener

Ulrike Kriener

Erikas Vorgesetzte
Stefan Becker

Stefan Becker

Fähnrich
Martin Bross

Martin Bross

Ältester Matrose
Anja Knauer

Anja Knauer

Marianne Erdmann
Nina Mölleken

Nina Mölleken

Flüchtlingskind
Thorsten Nindel

Thorsten Nindel

Leutnant Lehmann
Tom Wlaschiha

Tom Wlaschiha

Bootsmann

Release date

2nd Mar 2008

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch