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

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

Genre: Drama, History, War

Studio: UFA Filmproduktion GmbH, ZDF

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier

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

Crew: Joseph Vilsmaier (Director), Christian Heyne (Original Music Composer), Jörg Widmer (Director of Photography), Rainer Berg (Writer), Joris Hamann (Production Design), Anja Dihrberg (Casting)

Runtime: 184 minutes

Release: Mar 02, 2008

IMDb: 5.90/10 by 17 users

Popularity: 6

Country: Germany

Language: Deutsch