In 1979 she played a minor role in the television miniseries arabela. Movie on wilhelm gustloff encyclopedia titanica message board. Polar shift, puttnam, new york, 2005, isbn 9780399152719. The following images are of what is, in my opinion, the most simplistically beautiful swimming pool ever put to sea. Joseph vilsmaiers twopart tv movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, a. The gustloff and a few other smaller ships left the port of gdynia gotenhafen, just to the north of danzig, shortly after noon on 30 january.
The following images are of what is, in my opinion, the most simplistically beautiful swimming pool. Crabwalk the assassination of gustloff is an element of the plot of this 2002 novel, even though its main subject is the sinking of the. He worked with authors and published books with the most complete lists of survivors and dead known to date. Movie on wilhelm gustloff encyclopedia titanica message. Wie ublich wurde dieser film in video hd hohe auflosung fur kinoprojektion oder blurays mit dolbydigitalaudio gefilmt. Different kinds star and tmdfilms alum gina di tullio stars in the dramatic short film the burden, which was shot in july 2008 and premiered at the 2009 castle rock film festival. Kai wiesinger,valerie niehaus,heiner lauterbach,dana vavrova,michael mendl,karl markovics,francis fultonsmith,nicolas solar lozier,detlev buck,ulrike kriener,alexander held,monica attard,stefan becker,mirco bergmann,ines borkowski,martin bross,rene bohnke,malina ebert,wilma. New film explores fate of nazi germanys titanic reuters. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters.
A twopart tv movie focusing on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, a german passenger ship, at the end of world war ii. By one estimate, 9,400 people died, which makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history. It was the 12th anniversary of hitlers accession to power, which was an ordained holiday in germany accompanied by radio speeches and the like. Mv wilhelm gustloff was a german armed military transport ship which was sunk on 30 january 1945 by in the baltic sea while evacuating german civilian refugees from east prussia, lithuania, latvia, poland and estonia and military personnel from gotenhafen as the red army advanced. Set in the dying days of world war ii, the greatest catastrophe in naval history left over 9000 dead six times more than in the titanic disaster. Het is trouwens tijdens deze operatie dat het schip. The sinking of wilhelm gustloff with 9400 deads emarine. Wilhelm gustloff the greatest maritime disaster in history. Jul 02, 2015 joseph vilsmaiers twopart tv movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff.
Real history and the wilhelm gustloff david irving. By one estimate, 9,400 people died, which makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship. The last voyage of the gustloff, the crimson ocean, the gustloff, the last voyage of the gustloff, the ship of no return. Jul 05, 2012 this feature is not available right now. Mar 02, 2008 a new television film about the sinking of a nazi ship carrying thousands of german refugees at the end of world war two has lifted the lid on one of germanys most painful memories. As many as 9,300 people died believed to be biggest loss of life on a single ship.
Gunter grass break taboo, writes of the sinking of the liner wilhelm gustloff with 8,000 dead in january 1945. The worst maritime disaster of all time is the little known loss of the german liner mv wilhelm gustloff in january, 1945. German film loosely based on the sinking, by a soviet. For this feat captain marinesko received the soviet order of the red banner and was awarded the title hero of the soviet union posthumously, in may 1990. Mar 08, 2009 ecco laffondamento della wilhelm gustloff. Oct 28, 2012 the common reason for death of passengers is hypothermia. Dana vavrova 9 august 1967 in prague 5 february 2009 in munich 1 was a czechgerman film actress and director. Bundesarchiv the sinking of mv wilhelm gustloff by the soviet submarine s resulted in the greatest maritime disaster in history with the largest loss of life at sea. On april 7th, 20, heinz passed away and the his entire collection went into the private possession of a. Vavrova was born in prague, czechoslovakia and played her first main film role in at ziji duchove. Januar 1945 hilfe fur legion condor laube gustloff als,schwimmende kaserne sonnendeck oberes promenaden deck unteres promenadendeck.
The gustloff, the last voyage of the gustloff, the ship of no return, ship of no return, ship of no return. Mar 02, 2008 the film, to be broadcast on sunday and monday, tells the story of the former nazi cruise ship wilhelm gustloff, torpedoed by a soviet submarine in the baltic sea on january 30, 1945. A new television film about the sinking of a nazi ship carrying thousands of german refugees at the end of world war two has lifted the lid on one of. Mv wilhelm gustloff was a german armed military transport ship which was sunk on 30 january 1945 by soviet submarine s in the baltic sea while evacuating german civilian refugees from east prussia, lithuania, latvia, poland and estonia and military personnel from gotenhafen gdynia as the red army advanced.
The german ship mv wilhelm gustloff was sunk on january 30th 1945 by the soviet submarine s, a stalinetsclass submarine of the soviet navy, commanded by soviet naval captain alexander ivanovich marinesko. On april 7th, 20, heinz passed away and the his entire collection went into the private possession of a friend of schon. The original assets of the plant were from the recently expropriated suhler simsonwerke. With kai wiesinger, valerie niehaus, heiner lauterbach, dana vavrova. It is a small screen release and consists of two parts.
Combines historical elements, such as the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, with fictional elements, such as the books major characters and events. Wilhelm gustloff werke, nationalsozialistische industriestiftung, better known as gustloff werke or wilhelmgustloffstiftung, was a nazi german company. Wilhelm gustloff as lazarettschiffe d on the bitter cold night of january 30th, 1945, the former kdf cruise liner wilhelm gustloff, at the time serving as a barracks ship for the kriegsmarine, left from the baltic port of gotenhafen and set sail for the relative safety of the west, away from the advance of soviet forces that were converging on the region. The film, to be broadcast on sunday and monday, tells the story of the former nazi cruise ship wilhelm gustloff, torpedoed by a soviet submarine in the baltic sea on january 30, 1945. Soon after leaving the harbor of danzig, it was hit by three torpedoes from the soviet. History the company was founded by fritz sauckel with approval from adolf hitler, on may 27, 1936. This film would not have been made were it not for the simple fact that the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff in january 1945 remains the greatest single maritime disaster. Just off the coast of poland, deep beneath the icy waters of the baltic, lie the torn remains of a german ocean liner. I just noticed that a new movie about the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff is coming out march 10th 2008. But as with the fate of the ship, the set was destroyed during the sinking scene. Wilhelm gustloff, german ocean liner that was sunk by a soviet submarine on january 30, 1945. Learn more about the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff in this article. Joseph vilsmaiers twopart tv movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff.
It was made for television in 2008 and broadcast in this region some months ago. Mv wilhelm gustloff wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Harry potter complete 8film collection dvd us shipping. On 30 january 1945, captain hellmuth kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating wounded soldiers and civilians trapped by the red army. Jan 23, 2016 heinz schon, a german archivist and gustloff survivor who carried out extensive research into the sinking during the 1980s and 1990s, concluded that wilhelm gustloff was carrying a crew of 173 naval armed forces auxiliaries, 918 officers, ncos, and men of the 2 unterseebootlehrdivision, 373 female naval auxiliary helpers, 162 wounded. Feb 18, 2016 the sinking of wilhelm gustloff has been considered as the biggest maritime catastrophe of all time even surpassing the combined calamities of titanic which sank taking more than 1,500 people with it after hitting an iceberg and lusitania which sank with 1,119 people after getting hit by a german torpedo.
Dana vavrova 9 august 1967 5 february 2009 was a czechgerman film actress and director. Mv wilhelm gustloff was a german armed military transport ship which was sunk on 30 january 1945 by soviet submarine s in the baltic sea while evacuating german civilian refugees from east prussia, lithuania, latvia, poland and estonia and military personnel from gotenhafen as the red army advanced. In 1939, a modern plant was built in weimar, which. At 55 degrees 07 minutes north, 17 degrees 41 minutes east lies the broken and dead body of a once. Wilhelm gustloff passenger ship 19371945, wreck, wreck database. Novel containing lengthy sequences set on the gustloff. The last voyage of the wilhelm gustloff is a twopart german mini series. Tv film on nazi germanys titanic draws millions of viewers. Wilhelm gustloff facts glossary vessels adolf hitler. I slutningen af anden verdenskrig forliser det tyske passagerskib wilhelm gustloff. Kai wiesinger was created on apr 16, 1966 in hannover, germany. An estimated 9,000 passengers were killed in the sinking, making it the greatest maritime disaster in history.
Assassination in davos, a 1975 swiss feature film concerning the assassination. Harry potter complete 8 film collection dvd us shipping. Joseph vilsmaier twopart tv movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, a german passenger ship, at the end of world war ii. German film loosely based on the sinking, by a soviet submarine, of a nazi trooptransport ship in the baltic sea on january 30th 1945.
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