
M/S Gustloff (2008)
3h 4m | PG-13
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.
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Studio: UFA Filmproduktion GmbH
Genre: Drama, History, War
Video: 720p
Cast

Kai Wiesinger
as Hellmut Kehding

Valerie Niehaus
as Erika Galetschky

Heiner Lauterbach
as Harald Kehding

Dana Vávrová
as Lilli Simoneit

Detlev Buck
as Hagen Koch

Michael Mendl
as Kapitän Wilhelm Johannsen