Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Das Lied der Matrosen (original title)
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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.
Cast: Günther Simon, Raimund Schelcher, Ulrich Thein, Horst Kube, Hilmar Thate, Ekkehard Schall, Wolf von Beneckendorff, Eduard von Winterstein, Werner Wieland, Jochen Thomas, Sabine Thalbach, Horst Schönemann, Rolf Römer, Hans Wolf Rentzow, Elfriede Née, Peter Kiwitt, Wolfgang Langhoff, Stefan Lisewski, Rita Gödikmeier, Vladimir Gulyaev
Writers: Paul Wiens (Writer), Karl Georg Egel (Writer)
Cinematographer: Joachim Hasler, Otto Merz
Production Designer: Gerhard Helwig
Editor: Lena Neumann
Sound Designer: Kurt Eppers, Johanna Lindner
Composer: Wilhelm Neef
Costume Designer: Elli-Charlotte Löffler, Rosemarie Wandelt
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
