The Sailor's Song
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.
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Countries
East Germany
Ratings
TMDB users
6.6/10
7 votes
Rating consensus
66/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~66/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
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
Jochen Thomas
Sebastian Huber
Sabine Thalbach
Lady from Luisenbund
Horst Schönemann
Kapitän Wandres
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The Sailor's Song (1958)
Kurt Maetzig
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