Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Kai Wiesinger

Valerie Niehaus

Heiner Lauterbach

Dana Vávrová

Detlev Buck

Michael Mendl

Francis Fulton-Smith

Karl Markovics

Alexander Held

Ulrike Kriener