M/S Gustloff

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.

Created by Joseph Vilsmaier, Rainer Berg

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

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  Kai Wiesinger

  Kapitän Hellmuth Kehding

  2 eps

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  Heiner Lauterbach

  Harald Kehding

  2 eps

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  Michael Mendl

  Wilhelm Johannsen

  2 eps

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  Francis Fulton-Smith

  Korvettenkapitän Leonberg

  2 eps

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