M/S Gustloff

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.

Genre: Drama, History, War

Stars: Kai Wiesinger, Valerie Niehaus, Heiner Lauterbach, Dana Vávrová, Detlev Buck, Michael Mendl

Crew: Christian Heyne (Original Music Composer), Joseph Vilsmaier (Director), Jörg Widmer (Director of Photography), Marcus Berndt (Property Master), Arndt Kühne (Set Dresser), Michael Timmermann (Swing)

Country: Germany

Language: Deutsch

Studio: UFA Filmproduktion GmbH, ZDF

Runtime: 184 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Mar 02, 2008

IMDb: 5.1

Keywords:ship, world war ii, soviet military, calamity, miniseries, downfall

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