The Sailor’s Song
1958 • History | Drama
Kurt Maetzig
Director
Paul Wiens
Writer
Günter Reisch
Director
Karl Georg Egel
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
November 9, 1958
Duration
125 Min
Language
de
Popularity
1.819
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.
Cast
Günther Simon
Raimund Schelcher
Ulrich Thein
Horst Kube
Hilmar Thate
Eduard von Winterstein
Jochen Thomas
Sabine Thalbach
Horst Schönemann
Rolf Römer
Peter Kiwitt
Wolfgang Langhoff
Stefan Lisewski
Владимир Гуляев
Werner Lierck
Fred Düren
Monika Lennartz
Karl Brenk
Helmut Schreiber
Günther Grabbert
Johannes Wieke
Karl Heinz Oppel
Werner Senftleben
Klaus Gendries
Horst Buder
Karl Sturm
Nico Turoff
Fred Delmare
Reinhard Michalke
Peter Dommisch
Alexander Papendiek
Kurt Rackelmann
Maria Besendahl
Liselott Baumgarten
