| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 119 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
Playing time: 115 min. |
| Note |
In Process Record. |
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Title from title frames. |
| Performer |
Features: Hilmar Thate, Ulrich Thein, Ekkehard Schall, Gunther Simon, Raimund Schelcher, Horst Kube, Wolfgang Langhoff, Stefan Lisewski |
| Event |
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1958. |
| Summary |
The Russian Revolution is finally triumphant in the Fall of 1917. As soldiers, the engineer Henne Lobke and the stoker Jens Kasten show solidarity with the Russians, eventually disarming their officers to stop the sinking of a Russian cargo ship. Back in Germany, the struggle continues. The dock-workers and sailors of Kiel call for a mass strike to demand the end of the war and the abdication of the Kaiser and his officers. At this point, the admiralty decides to launch the operation 'Nibelungen.' The entire German fleet is to be sent to battle the English in a suicide mission that would preserve German honor while crushing internal mutiny. The workers in uniform put aside their differences to stop this, however, as is the case with chief stoker August Lenz, the radio officer Ludwig Bartuscheck and the assistant to the vice-admiral Jupp Konig. The film ends with the founding of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In German |
| Indexed Term |
Foreign Language Film |
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German Studies |
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Movies |
| Added Author |
Maetzig, Kurt, filmmaker
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Reisch, Gunter, filmmaker
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1117932 Kanopy |
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