2008
5.9 (19 votes)
3h 4m
Genres
Drama
History
War
Production Companies
UFA Filmproduktion GmbH
ZDF
ZDF
M/S Gustloff (Die Gustloff)
Ship of No Return
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.
Key Crew
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Director of Photography: Jörg Widmer
Writer: Rainer Berg
Top Cast
Kai Wiesinger
Hellmut Kehding
Valerie Niehaus
Erika Galetschky
Heiner Lauterbach
Harald Kehding
Dana Vávrová
Lilli Simoneit
Detlev Buck
Hagen Koch
Michael Mendl
Kapitän Wilhelm Johannsen
Francis Fulton-Smith
Korvettenkapitän Leonberg
Karl Markovics
Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Petri
