
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.
Release Date: 1958-11-09
History
Drama
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Casts

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

Eduard von Winterstein
as Hindenburg

Jochen Thomas
as Sebastian Huber

Sabine Thalbach
as Lady from Luisenbund

Horst Schönemann
as Kapitän Wandres

Rolf Römer
as Fähnrich Hamann