M/S Gustloff 2008

Ship of No Return

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Drama History War

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.

Release Date 2008-03-02
Runtime 3h 4m
Directors Joseph Vilsmaier, Jörg Widmer, Frank Herzog, Helmfried Kober, Marek Juráček, Jens Höhne
Producer
Writer Rainer Berg