St. Louis (2019)

Name: St. Louis
Director: Ben von Grafenstein
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie, Drama
Released: 2019-10-21
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 2.5
Cast: Ulrich Noethen, Britta Hammelstein, Johannes Kienast, Florian Panzner, Golo Euler

Directed by Ben von Grafenstein

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Plot

Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last hope of salvation for more than nine hundred German Jews who, desperate to escape the atrocious persecution to which they are subjected by the Nazi regime, intend to emigrate to Cuba.

Main cast

Ulrich Noethen

Captain Gustav Schröder

Britta Hammelstein

Martha Stern

Johannes Kienast

Officer Klaus Ostermeyer

Florian Panzner

Otto Hendrich

Golo Euler

Walter Stern

Attila Borlan

Karl Pollock

Virgílio Castelo

Dr. Josef Joseph

Full cast

Actor	Role
Luís Esparteiro	Robert Hoffmann
Elgar do Rosário	Leo Stern
Gabriela Barros	Elise Loewe
Pedro Lacerda	Dr. Max Loewe
João Craveiro	Male German Customs Officer
Kjersti Kaasa	Female German Customs Officer
Tomâs Frazâo	Fat Boy
Daniel Viana	Steward
Dinarte de Freitas	Radio Operator
José Eduardo	Ignaz Karliner
Eric da Silva	Cuban Officer
Philip Freund	Self
Herbert Karliner	Self
Gisela Knepel	Self
Sol Messinger	Self

Genres

DocumentaryHistoryTV MovieDrama

Technical details

Detail	Value
Original title	Die Ungewollten – Die Irrfahrt der St. Louis
Original language	Deutsch (DE)
Spoken languages	Deutsch
Production countries	Germany, Portugal
Status	Released
Production companies	UFA Fiction, nordmedia, ICA
Release date	21 ottobre 2019
Production	Dirk Ehmen, Marc Lepetit
Writer	Susanne Beck, Thomas Eifler
Casting	Silke Koch
Editing	Ben von Grafenstein, Alexander Murygin
Cinematography	Raphael Beinder, Rui Rodrigues
Assistant directors	Lucia Duarte, Bernardo Almeida, Bernardo Gomes de Almeida, Manfred Behrndt, Ben von Grafenstein
Lighting	Pedro Paiva

Camera operators	Raphael Beinder, Rui Rodrigues
Additional photography	Raphael Beinder, Rui Rodrigues
Production design	Susanne Abel
Art direction	Susanne Abel
Set decoration	Susanne Abel
Music	André Feldhaus, Ingo Voelker
Sound	Ingo Voelker, André Feldhaus
Costume design	Markus Maria Ernst, Maria Almeida Nani, Sandra Meleiro
Makeup	Maria Almeida Nani, Sandra Meleiro, Markus Maria Ernst
Hairstyling	Markus Maria Ernst, Maria Almeida Nani, Sandra Meleiro