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Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen

BR Deutschland 1959/1960 Spielfilm

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen

Based on true events, the war drama depicts the fate of German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff", which sank on January 30 1945 following a torpedo attack – with 6000 refugees on board. The story focuses on young Maria Reiser, whose husband leaves for the front shortly after the wedding. Maria falls in love with Hans, an officer of the "Wilhelm Gustloff", and soon expects a child from him. After meeting her husband again, she and her newborn child try to flee from East Prussia on board of the ship.

 

Credits

Director

  • Frank Wisbar

Screenplay

  • Frank Wisbar
  • Victor Schuller

Director of photography

  • Elio Carniel
  • Willy Winterstein

Editing

  • Martha Dübber

Music

  • Hans-Martin Majewski

Cast

  • Sonja Ziemann
    Maria Reiser
  • Gunnar Möller
    Kurt Reiser
  • Erik Schumann
    Hans Schott
  • Brigitte Horney
    Generalin von Reuss
  • Mady Rahl
    Edith Marquardt
  • Erich Dunskus
    Vater Marquardt
  • Willy Maertens
    Vater Reiser
  • Edith Schultze-Westrum
    Mutter Reiser
  • Wolfgang Preiss
    Dr. Beck
  • Tatjana Iwanow
    Dienstmädchen Meta

Production company

  • Deutsche Film Hansa GmbH & Co. (Hamburg)

Producer

  • Alf Teichs

Alle Credits

Director

  • Frank Wisbar

Assistant director

  • Carl Otto Bartning

Screenplay

  • Frank Wisbar
  • Victor Schuller

Script editor

  • Alf Teichs (Chefdramaturg)

Director of photography

  • Elio Carniel
  • Willy Winterstein

Still photography

  • Peter Michael Michaelis

Production design

  • Walter Haag

Costume design

  • Irms Pauli

Editing

  • Martha Dübber

Sound

  • Heinz Martin

Special effects

  • Theodor Nischwitz

Music

  • Hans-Martin Majewski

Cast

  • Sonja Ziemann
    Maria Reiser
  • Gunnar Möller
    Kurt Reiser
  • Erik Schumann
    Hans Schott
  • Brigitte Horney
    Generalin von Reuss
  • Mady Rahl
    Edith Marquardt
  • Erich Dunskus
    Vater Marquardt
  • Willy Maertens
    Vater Reiser
  • Edith Schultze-Westrum
    Mutter Reiser
  • Wolfgang Preiss
    Dr. Beck
  • Tatjana Iwanow
    Dienstmädchen Meta
  • Christine Mylius
    Frau Rauh
  • Aranka Jaenke
    Frau Kahle
  • Dietmar Schönherr
    Gaston
  • Georg Lehn
    Stationsvorsteher Pinkoweit
  • Hela Gruel
    Frau Pinkoweit
  • Carl Lange
    Kapitän Zahn
  • Peter Voss
    Kapitän Petersen
  • Günter Pfitzmann
    Oberleutnant Dankel
  • Thomas Braut
    Leutnant von Fritzen
  • Wolfgang Stumpf
    1. Offizier Reese
  • Raymond Joob
    Matrose Helbig
  • Carla Hagen
    Monika, Nachrichtenhelferin
  • Ursula Herwig
    Inge, Nachrichtenhelferin

Production company

  • Deutsche Film Hansa GmbH & Co. (Hamburg)

Producer

  • Alf Teichs

Line producer

  • Otto Meissner

Unit production manager

  • Georg Mohr

Location manager

  • Franz Thierry
  • Hans-Thilo Theilen

Original distributor

  • Deutsche Film Hansa GmbH & Co. (Hamburg)

Shoot

    • Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven, bei Helgoland
Duration:
2692 m, 99 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 03.03.1960, 21717 [2. FSK-Prüfung]

Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 18.05.1968, ZDF

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen

Versions

Original

Duration:
2692 m, 99 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 03.03.1960, 21717 [2. FSK-Prüfung]

Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 18.05.1968, ZDF

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
101 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Mono

Prüffassung

Duration:
2778 m, 101 min
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 19.02.1960, 21717, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung: 25.02.1960

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