The Sailor’s Song

Name: The Sailor’s Song
Director: Kurt Maetzig
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1958-11-09T
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Günther Simon, Raimund Schelcher, Ulrich Thein, Horst Kube, Hilmar Thate

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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.

Actor: Günther Simon, Raimund Schelcher, Ulrich Thein, Horst Kube, Hilmar Thate, Ekkehard Schall, Wolf von Beneckendorff, Eduard von Winterstein, Werner Wieland, Jochen Thomas

Director: Kurt Maetzig, Günter Reisch

Years: 1958

Country: East Germany

Quality: HD

Production: DEFA

The Sailor’s Song

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