Das Lied der Matrosen
/
Le Chant des matelots
director:
Kurt Maetzig
/
Günter Reisch
playwright:
Paul Wiens
/
Karl Georg Egel
actor:
Günther Simon
/
Raimund Schelcher
/
Ulrich Thein
/
Horst Kube
/
Hilmar Thate
…
genre:
History
/
Drama
region:
XG
language:
German
/
pусский
length: 2h 5m
release date: 1958-11-09
IMDb: tt0051860
Das Lied der Matrosen
overview
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.