M/S Gustloff

Name: M/S Gustloff
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 02 Mar 2008
Rating: 5.90
Cast: Kai Wiesinger, Valerie Niehaus, Heiner Lauterbach, Dana Vávrová, Detlev Buck

Ship of No Return 2008-03-02 Germany 184 minutes.

5.90 21 votes

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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.

Year 2008

Studio UFA Filmproduktion GmbH, ZDF

Director Joseph Vilsmaier

Crew Joseph Vilsmaier (Director), Christian Heyne (Original Music Composer), Jörg Widmer (Director of Photography), Helmfried Kober (Second Unit Director of Photography), Dirk Grau (Editor), Peter C. Gutenberg (Makeup Artist)

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Language Deutsch