
125 minutes
11/9/1958
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.

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
Rita Gödikmeier
as Anna

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

Günter 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
Hans-Hartmut Krüger
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
Alexander Papendiek
as sailor

Kurt Rackelmann
as superintendent
Erich Fritze
as superintendent

Maria Besendahl
as lady

Carola Braunbock
as lady

Liselott Baumgarten
as Passer-by
Fritz Mohr
as Worker