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The Sailor's Song

The Sailor's Song

★ 6.2/10•1958•2h 5m•History•Drama

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.

Kurt Maetzig · Director

Paul Wiens · Writer

Günter Reisch · Director

Karl Georg Egel · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 5m
LanguageDE
Release DateNov 9, 1958

Actors

Günther Simon

Günther Simon

Erich Steigert

Raimund Schelcher

Raimund Schelcher

August Lenz

Ulrich Thein

Ulrich Thein

Henne Lobke

Horst Kube

Horst Kube

Jens Kasten

Hilmar Thate

Hilmar Thate

Ludwig Batuschek

Ekkehard Schall

Eberhard Schuckert

Wolf von Beneckendorff

Von Resten

Eduard von Winterstein

Hindenburg

Werner Wieland

Noske

Jochen Thomas

Jochen Thomas

Sebastian Huber

Sabine Thalbach

Sabine Thalbach

Lady from Luisenbund

Horst Schönemann

Horst Schönemann

Kapitän Wandres

Rolf Römer

Rolf Römer

Fähnrich Hamann

Hans Wolf Rentzow

Fliegermaat Krüger

Elfriede Née

Berta König

Peter Kiwitt

Peter Kiwitt

Krupp

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