The Sailor's Song
movie
Released November 09, 1958
Overview
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
as
Erich Steigert
Raimund Schelcher
as
August Lenz
Ulrich Thein
as
Henne Lobke
Horst Kube
as
Jens Kasten
Hilmar Thate
as
Ludwig Batuschek
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Ekkehard Schall
as
Eberhard Schuckert
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Wolf von Beneckendorff
as
Von Resten
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Eduard von Winterstein
as
Hindenburg
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Werner Wieland
as
Noske
Jochen Thomas
as
Sebastian Huber
Sabine Thalbach
as
Lady from Luisenbund
Horst Schönemann
as
Kapitän Wandres
Crew
Kurt Maetzig
as
Director
Günter Reisch
as
Director
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Paul Wiens
as
Writer
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Lena Neumann
as
Editor
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Wilhelm Neef
as
Music
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Karl Georg Egel
as
Writer
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Rosemarie Wandelt
as
Costume Design
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Johanna Lindner
as
Sound
Joachim Hasler
as
Director of Photography
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Otto Merz
as
Director of Photography
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Elli-Charlotte Löffler
as
Costume Design
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Gerhard Helwig
as
Art Direction