Rottenknechte

original title:
Rottenknechte
country / year of production:
German Democratic Republic / 1970
original length:
354 min. , black/white
premiere:
8 January 1971, DFF 1
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Klaus Poche
Gerhard Stübner
director:
Frank Beyer
film script:
producer:
Frank Beyer
cinematographer:
Günter Marczinkowsky
editor:
composer:
Karl-Ernst Sasse
cast (role):
Dieter Mann (Glasmacher) , Dieter Montag (Prenzler) , Günther Naumann (Kmetsch) , Dietmar Richter- Reinick (Klose) , Jaecki Schwarz (Schwalenberg) , Klaus Piontek , Günter Neumann , Günther Naumann , Dieter Montag , Dieter Mann , Ruth Kommerell , Volkmar Kleinert , Horst Giese , Jaecki Schwarz , Dietmar Richter- Reinick
more:
plot synopsis:
The german troops which became free by the partial-surrender of Germany across from the west power in may, should now be used against the Russians at the eastern front.
As the seamen of the minesweeper M612 hear rumours about a termless surrender compared to the British, they decide to mutiny. They get the command on board und adopt a hard line to their homeland. But german speedboats can get the minesweeper under control und adjudge the eleven seamen to dead. When the adjudgement is executed on may 5th, all fights in the north are already stopped because of the particial-surrender...
keywords:
order and obedience , navy , court martial , execution , PT- boat
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Series in five parts.

See also: http://www.radiobremen.de/magazin/geschichte/zweiter-weltkrieg/nordwesten.html (Kriegsgericht)
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