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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.
Directors
Studio
DEFA
Original Title
Das Lied der Matrosen
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →G
Günther Simon
Erich Steigert
R
Raimund Schelcher
August Lenz
U
Ulrich Thein
Henne Lobke
H
Horst Kube
Jens Kasten
H
Hilmar Thate
Ludwig Batuschek
E
Ekkehard Schall
Eberhard Schuckert
W
Wolf von Beneckendorff
Von Resten
E
Eduard von Winterstein
Hindenburg
W
Werner Wieland
Noske
J
Jochen Thomas
Sebastian Huber
S
Sabine Thalbach
Lady from Luisenbund
H
Horst Schönemann
Kapitän Wandres
R
Rolf Römer
Fähnrich Hamann
P
Peter Kiwitt
Krupp
W
Wolfgang Langhoff
Lawyer
S
Stefan Lisewski
Jupp König
R
Rita Gödikmeier
Anna
V
Vladimir Gulyaev
Grischa
H
Hans Finohr
Schröder
A
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Gollwitz
