Die Nacht der großen Flut

Release Date: 2005-10-28

Overview: The major flood disaster on February 17, 1962 hit Hamburg completely unprepared. It left 315 dead and 10,000 people homeless. Almost a fifth of Hamburg's urban area was under water. In times of need, the people of Hamburg followed their young police and interior senator Helmut Schmidt, who later became Chancellor, who gained respect nationwide in those days.

Rating: 6 / 10

Cast

Ulrich Tukur

as Helmut Schmidt

Christiane Paul

as Gerda Brandt

Florian Lukas

as Horst Sahm

Jan Peter Heyne

as Bernhard Brandt

Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey

as Heinrich Brandt