Documentary ·History ·TV Movie ·Drama · Germany · 2019 · 1h 28m

St. Louis

Die Ungewollten – Die Irrfahrt der St. Louis

Director

Cast

Ulrich Noethen as Captain Gustav Schröder Britta Hammelstein as Martha Stern Johannes Kienast as Officer Klaus Ostermeyer Florian Panzner as Otto Hendrich Golo Euler as Walter Stern Attila Borlan as Karl Pollock

Crew

Raphael Beinder — Director of Photography Alexander Murygin — Editor Ben von Grafenstein — Editor André Feldhaus — Original Music Composer Susanne Beck — Writer Thomas Eifler — Writer

Synopsis

Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last hope of salvation for more than nine hundred German Jews who, desperate to escape the atrocious persecution to which they are subjected by the Nazi regime, intend to emigrate to Cuba.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book holocaust (shoah)jew persecution based on true story antisemitism based on memoir or autobiography docudrama hamburg, germany havana, cuba boat captain eve of world war ii

Key Collaborators

Ben von Grafenstein Director Raphael Beinder Director of Photography Alexander Murygin Editor Ben von Grafenstein Editor André Feldhaus Original Music Composer Susanne Beck Writer Thomas Eifler Writer Marc Lepetit Producer Susanne Abel Production Design

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