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The Sailor's Song (1958)

The Sailor's Song (1958)

Drama History
Release Date: 1958, November 9
Directors: Günter Reisch, Kurt Maetzig
Countries: East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast: Monika Lennartz, Vladimir Gulyaev, Carola Braunbock, Hilmar Thate, Günter Grabbert, Fred Delmare, Werner Senftleben, Rolf Römer, Karin Buchali, Peter Dommisch, Werner Lierck, Günther Simon

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

communism rebellion working class revolt uprising revolution socialism proletarian