Die Männer der Emden
| Die Männer der Emden | |
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| Directed by | Berengar Pfahl |
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| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Erich Krenek |
| Edited by | Annemarie Bremer |
| Music by | Matthias Raue |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Die Männer der Emden ("The Men of the Emden", English title: Odyssey of Heroes) is a 2012 German war
SMS Emden making their way back to Germany after the Battle of Cocos (1914). The film was shot in Greece, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Malta and Germany and appeared as both a miniseries and a feature film
.
Plot
The film begins at the Imperial German naval station at the
Tsingtau
.
When war is declared the Emden has a variety of successful naval engagements in the
Kiautschou Bay
concession to fight again.
When the crew arrives in the neutral Dutch East Indies they hear that the concession has been captured by the Japanese. With their fates unknown to each other, the men of Emden and the von Plettenberg family make their way back to Germany.
Cast
- Ken Duken as Karl Overbeck
- Felicitas Woll as Maria von Plettenberg
- Sebastian Blomberg as Hellmuth von Mücke
- Jan Henrik Stahlberg as Friedrich von Schulau
- Oliver Korittke as Maat Kluthe
- Verena Plangger as Elisabeth von Plettenberg
- Gerd Wameling as Wilhelm von Plettenberg
- Antje Charlotte Sieglin as Wilhelmine von Plettenberg
- Wolfgang Winkler as Dr. Bartel
- Sibel Kekilli as Salima Bey
- Kriz Chris Henri Harriz as Father
- Matthias Schloo as Manfred von Manstein
- Peter Sodann as Generaloberst von Leutenburg
- Michael Lott as Matrose Hilgert
- Ronald Top as Neutralitätsoffizier Vandenberg
- Sheri Hagen as Antonia
- Ian T. Dickinson as Interrorgation Officer
- Shaun Lawton as John Sidney Clunies-Ross, Governor of the Cocos Islands
- Christian Näthe as Matrose Kolkmann
- Andreas Pape as Johannes Burgwächter
- Ercan Karacayli as Habib
Notes
- ^ p. 267 Elm, Michael. Der Erste Weltkrieg im filmischen Gedächtnis: Kulturelles Trauma und Transnationale Erinnerung in Europa und dem Nahen Osten, De Gruyter (20 Sept. 2021)
See also
- How We Beat the Emden (1915)
- Our Emden (1926)
- The Exploits of the Emden (1928)
- Cruiser Emden (1932)
External links
- Die Männer der Emden at IMDb
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