The Gustloff
- IMDb link: 0991156
- IMDb rating: 5.8 (622 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, War, History
- Director: Joseph Vilsmaier, Dana Vavrova
- Cast: Heiner Lauterbach, Valerie Niehaus, Kai Wiesinger and others
- Release date: 2 Mar 2008
- Release year: 2008
- Runtime: 188 minutes
- Country: Germany
- Keywords: cold water, icy, wetness, disaster at sea, mass death, darkness, war at sea, sealift, passenger, dying young
Plot:
Joseph Vilsmaier's 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...
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