Kauhujen yö Itämerellä

Original title: Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen

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1h 39m

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In 1945 with the advance of the red army millions of refugees fled from the east of Germany. The "Wilhelm Gustloff" loaded with 10,000 civilians and wounded soldiers was sank by a Soviet sub... Read allIn 1945 with the advance of the red army millions of refugees fled from the east of Germany. The "Wilhelm Gustloff" loaded with 10,000 civilians and wounded soldiers was sank by a Soviet submarine in less than 55 minutes.In 1945 with the advance of the red army millions of refugees fled from the east of Germany. The "Wilhelm Gustloff" loaded with 10,000 civilians and wounded soldiers was sank by a Soviet submarine in less than 55 minutes.

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6.8/10

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190,439

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Director
- Frank Wisbar
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- Victor Schüller
- Frank Wisbar
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Sonja Ziemann in Kauhujen yö Itämerellä (1960)

Brigitte Horney and Erik Schumann in Kauhujen yö Itämerellä (1960)

Til Kiwe, Günter Pfitzmann, Marlene Riphahn, and Erik Schumann in Kauhujen yö Itämerellä (1960)

Carla Hagen and Günter Pfitzmann in Kauhujen yö Itämerellä (1960)

Ursula Herwig in Kauhujen yö Itämerellä (1960)

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The German ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff was built by the Blohm & Voss shipyards in 1937 and served in various roles:cruise ship, hospital ship, floating barracks for naval personnel and finally evacuees transport ship. It had 25,484 tons and measured 208.5 meters in length, 23.59 meters wide, 56 meters high. As a cruise ship, it had 8 decks, a complement of 417 crew and 1,465 passengers. The ship had 4 diesel engines, 2 propellers and traveled at a maximum speed of 15,5 knots for a maximum range of 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km).

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The sinking of the "Wilhelm Gustloff" is the biggest ship catastrophe ever. There were more than 10,000 people aboard - including over 5,000 children; more than 9,000 (!!) died, drowning and freezing to death. It is very odd that this drama is far less known or "popular" as e.g. the "Titanic" desaster, which was a ship of the rich and the super rich.

There are several popular books about the "Gustloff", but up to this day moviewise this is the only "monument" in rememberance of those 9,000 people who were buried alive in the Ostsee.

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