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The Sailor’s Song

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.

1958 |2h 5m |  History, Drama

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Cast

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Günther Simon

Erich Steigert

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Raimund Schelcher

August Lenz

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Ulrich Thein

Henne Lobke

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Horst Kube

Jens Kasten

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Hilmar Thate

Ludwig Batuschek

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Eduard von Winterstein

Hindenburg

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Jochen Thomas

Sebastian Huber

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Sabine Thalbach

Lady from Luisenbund

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Horst Schönemann

Kapitän Wandres

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Rolf Römer

Fähnrich Hamann

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Peter Kiwitt

Krupp

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Wolfgang Langhoff

Lawyer

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Stefan Lisewski

Jupp König

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Vladimir Gulyaev

Grischa

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Werner Lierck

Karl-Heini

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Fred Düren

Major Mörs

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Monika Lennartz

Mariechen

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Karl Brenk

Chaplain

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Helmut Schreiber

Captain

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Günther Grabbert

Gunmaster

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Johannes Wieke

Captain

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Karl Heinz Oppel

Ensign

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Werner Senftleben

officer

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Horst Buder

soldier

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Karl Sturm

soldier

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Nico Turoff

sailor

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Fred Delmare

sailor

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Reinhard Michalke

sailor

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Peter Dommisch

sailor

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Alexander Papendiek

sailor

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Kurt Rackelmann

superintendent

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Maria Besendahl

lady

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Liselott Baumgarten

Passer-by

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Status

Released

Language

German, Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

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