M/S Gustloff (2008)

M/S Gustloff (2008)

Ship of No Return 2008-03-02 Germany 184 Min. PG-13
5.9 18 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Kai Wiesinger is Hellmut Kehding
Hellmut Kehding
Valerie Niehaus is Erika Galetschky
Erika Galetschky
Heiner Lauterbach is Harald Kehding
Harald Kehding
Dana Vávrová is Lilli Simoneit
Lilli Simoneit
Detlev Buck is Hagen Koch
Hagen Koch
Michael Mendl is Kapitän Wilhelm Johannsen
Kapitän Wilhelm Johannsen
Francis Fulton-Smith is Korvettenkapitän Leonberg
Korvettenkapitän Leonberg
Karl Markovics is Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Petri
Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Petri
Alexander Held is Ortsgruppenleiter Escher
Ortsgruppenleiter Escher
Ulrike Kriener is Erikas Vorgesetzte
Erikas Vorgesetzte
Stefan Becker is Fähnrich
Fähnrich
Martin Bross is Ältester Matrose
Ältester Matrose

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