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The Sailor's Song

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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.

Directed byKurt Maetzig, Günter Reisch

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 5m
Language
DE
Released
November 9, 1958
Studios
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Kurt Maetzig
Kurt Maetzig
Günter Reisch
Günter Reisch
Written by
Paul Wiens
Karl Georg Egel

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