Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
Release: 1979-12-23
·Runtime: 94m
Drama
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.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
Fernsehen der DDR
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Dieter Mann
as Christopher Mitchell
Swetlana Schönfeld
as Jane Russell
Walfriede Schmitt
as Beth Heewater
Jutta Hoffmann
as Gloria Mitchell
Kurt Böwe
as Adam Knife / Balduin Knife
Jaecki Schwarz
as Freddy
Helga Göring
as Mrs. Watch
Horst Rehberg
Wolfgang Heinz
Hans Klering
Hans Joachim Preil
Rolf Ludwig
Monica Bielenstein
Margitta Lüder-Preil
Annemone Haase
Werner Dissel
as Schiffsarzt
Horst Giese
Jochen Diestelmann
Lutz Riemann
Gerd Staiger
Peter Tepper