Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen (1959)

Original title

Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen

Directed by

Frank Wisbar

Genre

disaster film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film tells the story of the sinking of a ship carrying German soldiers and civilian evacuees during World War Two. It focuses on the disaster and the people involved.

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What happens

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen (German: Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen) is a 1960 German war drama film, directed by Frank Wisbar. It dramatizes the sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff, which was sunk while carrying German servicemen and around 6,000 civilian evacuees. Heinz Schön presents the combined death toll as 9,343. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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