The Sailor’s Song

The Sailor’s Song

125 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 9, 1958

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.

The Sailor’s Song

125 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 9, 1958

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.
Producers DEFA
Original title Das Lied der Matrosen
Directors Günter Reisch, Kurt Maetzig
Writers Karl-Georg Egel, Paul Wiens

Cast

Günther Simon

as Erich Steigert

Raimund Schelcher

as August Lenz

Ulrich Thein

as Henne Lobke

Horst Kube

as Jens Kasten

Hilmar Thate

as Ludwig Batuschek

Ekkehard Schall

as Eberhard Schuckert

Wolf von Beneckendorff

as Von Resten

Eduard von Winterstein

as Hindenburg

Werner Wieland

as Noske

Jochen Thomas

as Sebastian Huber

Sabine Thalbach

as Lady from Luisenbund

Horst Schönemann

as Kapitän Wandres

Rolf Römer

as Fähnrich Hamann

Hans Wolf Rentzow

as Fliegermaat Krüger

Elfriede Née

as Berta König

Peter Kiwitt

as Krupp

Wolfgang Langhoff

as Lawyer

Stefan Lisewski

as Jupp König

Vladimir Gulyaev

as Grischa

Hans Finohr

as Schröder

Adolf Peter Hoffmann

as Gollwitz

Wolfgang Brunecker

as Deck Officer

Walter E. Fuß

as Anton

Werner Lierck

as Karl-Heini

Fred Düren

as Major Mörs

Willi Neuenhahn

as Brox

Kurt Wenkhaus

as Prince Heinrich

Monika Lennartz

as Mariechen

Kay Sikor

as Adjutant

Manfred Müller

as Fähnrich

Karl Brenk

as Chaplain

Kurt Steingraf

as von Scheer

Senta Bonacker

as Business owner

Max Klingberg

as Sergeant

Siegfried Weiß

as Hauptmann

Yuri Mikhajlov

as Kommissar

Christoph Beyertt

as Machine gunner

Heinz Kögel

as Captain

Helmut Schreiber

as Captain

Günther Grabbert

as Gunmaster

Johannes Wieke

as Captain

Dom de Beern

as Reichpietsch

Horst Lommatzsch

as Captain

Karl Heinz Oppel

as Ensign

Gabriele Hoffmann

as Easy girl

Werner Senftleben

as officer

Peter A. Stiege

as officer

Klaus Gendries

as officer

Theresia Wider

as Officer's bride

Karin Buchali

as Officer's bride

Horst Buder

as soldier

Jean Brahn

as soldier

Paul Funk

as soldier

Hans Feldner

as soldier

Karl Sturm

as soldier

Nico Turoff

as sailor

Rolf Ripperger

as sailor

Georg Helge

as sailor

Fred Ludwig

as sailor

Fred Delmare

as sailor

Klaus Bamberg

as sailor

Reinhard Michalke

as sailor

Peter Dommisch

as sailor

Kurt Rackelmann

as superintendent

Erich Fritze

as superintendent

Maria Besendahl

as lady

Liselott Baumgarten

as Passer-by

Fritz Mohr

as Worker