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A Balasaur Score of 63 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Kurt MaetzigDirector
- Paul WiensWriter
- Günter ReischDirector
- Karl Georg EgelWriter
Cast
- Günther SimonErich Steigert
- Raimund SchelcherAugust Lenz
- Ulrich TheinHenne Lobke
- Horst KubeJens Kasten
- Hilmar ThateLudwig Batuschek
- Ekkehard SchallEberhard Schuckert
- Wolf von BeneckendorffVon Resten
- Eduard von WintersteinHindenburg
- Werner WielandNoske
- Jochen ThomasSebastian Huber
- Sabine ThalbachLady from Luisenbund
- Horst SchönemannKapitän Wandres
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Themes
rebellionrevolutionsocialismuprisingworking classrevoltcommunismproletarian