Der Untergang der Pamir (TV)

2006 · Movie · 180 min. · Germany

Kaspar Heidelbach's two-part drama focuses on the 1957 sinking of the Pamir, a German sailing ship, from the angle of three crew members. After his wife's death, former sailor Acki Lüders decides to sign up on the Pamir, whose first officer is his good friend Hans Ewald. As Captain Ludwig Lewerenz's ways of treating and educating the young crew are very strict, the three men have an often strained relationship. When the shipping company puts pressure on Lewerenz after problems in Bueno Aires, he decides to sail although the ship isn't stable...

Direction Kaspar Heidelbach

Cast Klaus J. Behrendt · Jan Josef Liefers · Volker Bruch · Dietmar Bär · Ulrike Grote · Maxim Mehmet · Tobias Schenke · Ciro de Chiara · Marlon Kittel · Christian Kahrmann · Lars Gärtner · Max Riemelt · Johanna Gastdorf · Uwe Rohde · Tilo Prückner