

M/S Gustloff
Ship of No Return
Drama
History
War
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
2008-03-02
Runtime:
3h 4m
Director:
Joseph Vilsmaier
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

Alexander Held
Ortsgruppenleiter Escher

Ulrike Kriener
Erikas Vorgesetzte

Stefan Becker
Fähnrich

Martin Bross
Ältester Matrose
Recommendations