M/S Gustloff

Joseph Vilsmaier
2008-03-02

Ship of No Return
5.9
184 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Kai Wiesinger Hellmut Kehding Unowned
Valerie Niehaus Erika Galetschky Unowned
Heiner Lauterbach Harald Kehding Unowned
Dana Vávrová Lilli Simoneit Unowned
Detlev Buck Hagen Koch Unowned
Michael Mendl Kapitän Wilhelm Johannsen Unowned
Francis Fulton-Smith Korvettenkapitän Leonberg Unowned
Karl Markovics Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Petri Unowned
Alexander Held Ortsgruppenleiter Escher Unowned
Ulrike Kriener Erikas Vorgesetzte Unowned
Stefan Becker Fähnrich Unowned
Martin Bross Ältester Matrose Unowned
Christine Adler Führerin Unowned
Anja Knauer Marianne Erdmann Unowned
Maria Mägdefrau alte Frau Unowned
Nina Mölleken Flüchtlingskind Unowned
Thorsten Nindel Leutnant Lehmann Unowned
Tom Wlaschiha Bootsmann Unowned