Directed by Kurt Maetzig
2h 5m
History
| Drama
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.
Günther Simon
Erich Steigert
Raimund Schelcher
August Lenz
Ulrich Thein
Henne Lobke
Horst Kube
Jens Kasten
Hilmar Thate
Ludwig Batuschek
Ekkehard Schall
Eberhard Schuckert
Wolf von Beneckendorff
Von Resten
Eduard von Winterstein
Hindenburg
Werner Wieland
Noske
Kurt Maetzig
Director
Günter Reisch
Director
Paul Wiens
Writer
Wilhelm Neef
Music
Lena Neumann
Editor
Karl Georg Egel
Writer
Joachim Hasler
Director of Photography
Otto Merz
Director of Photography
Gerhard Helwig
Art Direction