Die Gustloff
Elaborately produced two-part TV movie about the tragic torpedo attack by the Red Army on the German refugee ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" in 1945: From the perspective of (fictional) Captain Kehding, Joseph Vilsmaier′s film tells the story how the ship started its journey in Gotenhafen with 10.000 passengers on board. After a disagreement between the ship′s captains, the ship′s navigation lights were activated on January 30, 1945, after a suspicious radio signal had warned them of oncoming traffic – a fatal decision because soon after the "Gustloff" was hit by three torpedoes from a Soviet submarine. The ship capsized, and 9000 people, among them countless children, died in the catastrophe.
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Kapitän Hellmut Kehding
- Erika Galetschky
- Harald Kehding
- Lilly Simoneit
- Kapitän Johannsen
- Korvettenkapitän Petri
- Korvettenkapitän Leonberg
- Hagen Koch
- Kalli Simoneit
- Marianne Erdmann
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Director of photography
Assistant camera
2nd Camera unit
Optical effects
Lighting design
Key grip
Property master
Stand-by props
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound editor
Sound
Sound assistant
Music
Cast
- Kapitän Hellmut Kehding
- Erika Galetschky
- Harald Kehding
- Lilly Simoneit
- Kapitän Johannsen
- Korvettenkapitän Petri
- Korvettenkapitän Leonberg
- Hagen Koch
- Kalli Simoneit
- Marianne Erdmann
- Berta Burkat
- Ortsgruppenleiter Escher
- Führerin
- Marinearzt
- Leutnant Lehmann
- Blondine
- Heinz Schön
- Russischer U-Boot Kommandant
- Oberfähnrich
- Bootsmann
Production company
in co-production with
Commissioned by
Producer
Producer (TV)
Line producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Shoot
- Stralsund, Leipzig, Berlin, Köln, Malta, Hamburg, Peenemünde
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 02.03.2008, ZDF [1. Teil];
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 03.03.2008, ZDF [2. Teil]
Titles
- Arbeitstitel (DE) Hafen der Hoffnung - Die letzte Fahrt der Wilhelm Gustloff
- Originaltitel (DE) Die Gustloff
- Untertitel (DE) 1. Teil: Hafen der Hoffnung
- Untertitel (DE) 2. Teil: Flucht über die Ostsee
Versions
Original
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 02.03.2008, ZDF [1. Teil];
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 03.03.2008, ZDF [2. Teil]