M/S Gustloff
2008-03-02
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3h 4m
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Drama
History
War
User Score
21 votes
"Ship of No Return"
Overview
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.
Joseph Vilsmaier
Director
Rainer Berg
Writer
