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Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell (1979)
Directed by Christa Mühl
Drama · 1h 34m
The "Astoria", an English luxury liner, collides with a freighter shortly before the end of its voyage and threatens to sink. Captain Mitchell, successful and envied, sets in motion an expensive rescue operation. He manages to avert a catastrophe and bring the passengers and the ship to safety. But the shipowner considers the operation excessive, calls Mitchell a coward and fires him. His career seems to be over. When his friends and his fiancée also make fun of him, he devises a cunning plan of revenge.
Cast
Dieter Mann
Christopher Mitchell
Swetlana Schönfeld
Jane Russell
Walfriede Schmitt
Beth Heewater
E
Ekkehard Schall
Tommy White
Jutta Hoffmann
Gloria Mitchell
Kurt Böwe
Adam Knife / Balduin Knife
Jaecki Schwarz
Freddy
Helga Göring
Mrs. Watch
M
Manja Göring
Miss Watch
Horst Rehberg
Wolfgang Heinz
P
Peter Aust
Crew
- Director
- Christa Mühl
- Writer
- Christa Mühl, Werner Hecht
- Director of Photography
- Peter Brand
- Original Music Composer
- Wolfram Heicking
- Editor
- Brigitte Krex
Details
- Release date
- 1979-12-23
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- Fernsehen der DDR, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme