
A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.
Günther SimonErich Steigert
Raimund SchelcherAugust Lenz
Ulrich TheinHenne Lobke
Horst KubeJens Kasten
Hilmar ThateLudwig BatuschekEkkehard SchallEberhard SchuckertWolf von BeneckendorffVon RestenEduard von WintersteinHindenburgWerner WielandNoske
Jochen ThomasSebastian Huber
Sabine ThalbachLady from Luisenbund
Horst SchönemannKapitän Wandres
Rolf RömerFähnrich HamannHans Wolf RentzowFliegermaat KrügerElfriede NéeBerta König