The Sailors Song (1958) ( Das Lied der Matrosen )

The Sailors Song (1958) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Das Lied der Matrosen
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
119 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1958 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Kurt Maetzig
Günter Reisch

Written By:
Karl-Georg Egel
Paul Wiens

Actors:
Günther Simon ..... Erich Steigert
Raimund Schelcher ..... August Lenz
Ulrich Thein ..... Henne Lobke
Rainer Adler ..... Soldat
Rita Adolph ..... Matrose
Klaus Bamberg ..... Major Mörs
Liselott Baumgarten ..... Werftschreiber Schröder
Erwin Behling ..... Grischa
Maria Besendahl ..... Anna
Christoph Beyertt ..... Kapitän zur See v. Gollwitz
Senta Bonacker ..... Krupp
Jean Brahn ..... Kuddel König
Carola Braunbock ..... Jens Kasten
Wera Brendel ..... Rechtsanwalt
Karl Brenk ..... Mariechen
Wolfgang Brunecker ..... Kaukau-Heini
Karin Buchali ..... Jupp König
Horst Buder ..... Berta König
Erich Coster ..... Fliegermaat Krüger
Ditha Cullmann ..... Fähnrich Hamann
Dom de Beern ..... Eberhard Schuckert
Paul-Rolf Deiss ..... Kapitän Wandres
Fred Delmare ..... Dame vom Luisenbund
Peter Dommisch ..... Ludwig Bartuschek
Günter Drescher ..... Sebastian Huber
Günter Dressler ..... Admiral von Resten
Fred Düren ..... Hindenburg
Hans Feldner ..... Noske
Ursula Feske
Horst Günter Fiegler
Hans Finohr
Erich Fritze
Paul Funk
Walter E. Fuß
Klaus Gendries
Günther Grabbert
Hannelore Grabosch
Wladimir Guljajew
Rita Gödikmeier
Heinz Hagendorf
Georg Helge
Alfred Helwig
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Gabriele Hoffmann
Roman Kintzler
Peter Kiwitt
Dieter Klamand
Max Klingberg
Hans-Hartmut Krüger
Horst Kube
Heinz Kögel
Wolfgang Langhoff
Hans Ulrich Laufer
Monika Lennartz
Werner Lierck
Stefan Lisewski
Horst Lommatzsch
Reinhard Michalke
Yuri Mikhajlov
Eberhard Moebius
Fritz Mohr
Manfred Müller
Willi Neuenhahn
Sophie Nieber-Herzog
Christel Nitsche
Elfriede Née
Karl Heinz Oppel
Alexander Papendiek
Kurt Rackelmann
Hans Wolf Rentzow
Ilona Ringer
Rolf Ripperger
Rolf Römer
Ekkehard Schall
Helmut Schreiber
Horst Schönemann
Werner Senftleben
Kay Sikor
Kurt Steingraf
Peter A. Stiege
Karl Sturm
Rolf Teweleit
Sabine Thalbach
Hilmar Thate
Jochen Thomas
Nico Turoff
Katharina Turschmann
Wolf von Beneckendorff
Eduard von Winterstein
Heinz Wegener
Siegfried Weiß
Kurt Wenkhaus
Theresia Wider
Johannes Wieke
Werner Wieland

Synopsis:

The sailors uprising in Kiel in November 1918 began the revolutionary storm that drove the Emperor from power within days. Ships were supposed to be sent out to a last decisive battle with the British Navy, although it was clear that this was a kamikaze operation. The mutiny of several crews turned into an uprising that was joined by the workers of Kiel. It is to this historical backdrop that this DEFA film portrays this battle and the fate of young sailors aboard SMS Friedrich the Great, who prevented the sinking of a Russian freighter in the autumn of 1917 and disarmed their senior officers. This success is not long-lasting there are many further battles on land and on-board that are yet to be fought. A film about life and death at the end of the First World War, about courage, treason and the fight for a better Germany.

It has been 100 years since the start of the First World War. More than 10 million people lost their lives between 1914 and 1918, and twice as many were injured or crippled. The First World War was a significant theme for the film artists of the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), the East German film company founded in 1946. The suffering of working people, the misery of life in the factories and poor accommodation in cities, the growing organisation of resistance to warmongers and profiteers, as well as the battle for a better world are the topics of this extraordinary collection of films.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 17 May, 2022.