M/S Gustloff (Die Gustloff) 16 years old
Ship of No Return
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.
Credits
M/S Gustloff Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Michael Mendl He was 63, now 80 years old | as Kapitän Wilhelm Johannsen |
| Kai Wiesinger He was 41, now 58 years old | as Hellmut Kehding |
| Francis Fulton-Smith He was 41, now 58 years old | as Korvettenkapitän Leonberg |
| Heiner Lauterbach He was 54, now 71 years old | as Harald Kehding |
| Ulrike Kriener She was 53, now 69 years old | as Erikas Vorgesetzte |
| Anja Knauer She was 28, now 45 years old | as Marianne Erdmann |
| Alexander Held He was 49, now 66 years old | as Ortsgruppenleiter Escher |
| Valerie Niehaus She was 33, now 50 years old | as Erika Galetschky |
| Tom Wlaschiha He was 34, now 51 years old | as Bootsmann |
| Dana Vávrová She was 40, 41 years old when she died | as Lilli Simoneit |
| Detlev Buck He was 45, now 61 years old | as Hagen Koch |
| Karl Markovics He was 44, now 61 years old | as Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Petri |
| Martin Bross | as Ältester Matrose |
M/S Gustloff Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard as Dialogue Editor. | Editing |
| Helmfried Kober as Second Unit Cinematographer. He was 8 (now 24) years old | Crew |
| Joey Weber as Property Master. | Crew |
| Anja Dihrberg as Casting. She was 44 (now 60) years old | Production |
| Christian Heyne as Original Music Composer. He was 47 (now 63) years old | Sound |
| Gabriele Mattner as Script Supervisor. | Directing |
| Rainer Berg as Writer. He was 56 (now 72) years old | Writing |
| Leah Striker as Additional Photography. She was 34 (now 51) years old | Camera |
| Lothar Holler as Production Design. He was 60 (now 76) years old | Art |
| Joseph Vilsmaier as Director. He was 69 (81) years old when He died | Directing |
| Jörg Widmer as Director of Photography. He was 8 (now 24) years old | Camera |
M/S Gustloff (16 years)
Ship of No Return
- Release day: Sunday, March 02, 2008
- Runtime: 184 minutes