Alternative Title
Alternative Title 2
Original Title Die Gustloff
Original Language German
Leading Actor Kai Wiesinger
Second Actor Valerie Niehaus
Third Actor Heiner Lauterbach
Director Joseph Vilsmaier
Second Director
Producer
Scriptwriter Rainer Berg
Film Type War Drama
Country Germany
Date of Original Release 01/01/2008 00:00:00
Synopsis Joseph Vilsmaier's 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…
Part No 1
Production Company Ufa Film-und Fernsehproduktion
Cinematographer Jörg Widmer
Composer Christian Heyne
Editor Dirk Grau
Title Number 4115
Date of Original Transmission
Date of Recording for the Library
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Length of Program 180
Colour Colour
Sound 5.1
Screen Type 1.78:1
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Dubbed
Series
Department GERMAN
Video Format DVD REGION 2
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