The Sailor’s Song

The Sailor’s Song (1958)


  • Genre: History, Drama
  • Release Date: 1958-11-09
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: DEFA
  • Production Country: East Germany
  • Directors: Kurt Maetzig, Günter Reisch.
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Summary

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.

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  • 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
  • Ekkehard Schall

    as Eberhard Schuckert
  • Wolf von Beneckendorff

    as Von Resten
  • Eduard von Winterstein

    as Hindenburg
  • Werner Wieland

    as Noske
  • Jochen Thomas

    as Sebastian Huber
  • Sabine Thalbach

    as Lady from Luisenbund
  • Horst Schönemann

    as Kapitän Wandres
  • Rolf Römer

    as Fähnrich Hamann
  • Hans Wolf Rentzow

    as Fliegermaat Krüger
  • Elfriede Née

    as Berta König
  • Peter Kiwitt

    as Krupp
  • Wolfgang Langhoff

    as Lawyer
  • Stefan Lisewski

    as Jupp König
  • Rita Gödikmeier

    as Anna
  • Vladimir Gulyaev

    as Grischa
  • Hans Finohr

    as Schröder
  • Adolf Peter Hoffmann

    as Gollwitz
  • Wolfgang Brunecker

    as Deck Officer
  • Walter E. Fuß

    as Anton
  • Werner Lierck

    as Karl-Heini
  • Fred Düren

    as Major Mörs
  • Willi Neuenhahn

    as Brox
  • Kurt Wenkhaus

    as Prince Heinrich
  • Monika Lennartz

    as Mariechen
  • Kay Sikor

    as Adjutant
  • Manfred Müller

    as Fähnrich
  • Karl Brenk

    as Chaplain
  • Kurt Steingraf

    as von Scheer
  • Senta Bonacker

    as Business owner
  • Max Klingberg

    as Sergeant
  • Siegfried Weiß

    as Hauptmann
  • Yuri Mikhajlov

    as Kommissar
  • Christoph Beyertt

    as Machine gunner
  • Heinz Kögel

    as Captain
  • Helmut Schreiber

    as Captain
  • Günther Grabbert

    as Gunmaster
  • Johannes Wieke

    as Captain
  • Dom de Beern

    as Reichpietsch
  • Horst Lommatzsch

    as Captain
  • Karl Heinz Oppel

    as Ensign
  • Gabriele Hoffmann

    as Easy girl
  • Werner Senftleben

    as officer
  • Peter A. Stiege

    as officer
  • Hans-Hartmut Krüger

    as officer
  • Klaus Gendries

    as officer
  • Theresia Wider

    as Officer's bride
  • Karin Buchali

    as Officer's bride
  • Horst Buder

    as soldier
  • Jean Brahn

    as soldier
  • Paul Funk

    as soldier
  • Hans Feldner

    as soldier
  • Karl Sturm

    as soldier
  • Nico Turoff

    as sailor
  • Rolf Ripperger

    as sailor
  • Georg Helge

    as sailor
  • Fred Ludwig

    as sailor
  • Fred Delmare

    as sailor
  • Klaus Bamberg

    as sailor
  • Reinhard Michalke

    as sailor
  • Peter Dommisch

    as sailor
  • Alexander Papendiek

    as sailor
  • Kurt Rackelmann

    as superintendent
  • Erich Fritze

    as superintendent
  • Maria Besendahl

    as lady
  • Carola Braunbock

    as lady
  • Liselott Baumgarten

    as Passer-by
  • Fritz Mohr

    as Worker
Directing Kurt Maetzig Director
Directing Günter Reisch Director
Writing Paul Wiens Writer
Editing Lena Neumann Editor
Sound Wilhelm Neef Music
Writing Karl Georg Egel Writer
Costume & Make-Up Rosemarie Wandelt Costume Design
Sound Johanna Lindner Sound
Camera Joachim Hasler Director of Photography
Camera Otto Merz Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Elli-Charlotte Löffler Costume Design
Art Gerhard Helwig Art Direction
Sound Kurt Eppers Sound

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