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 Simon
as Erich Steigert
Raimund Schelcher
as August Lenz
Ulrich Thein
as Henne Lobke
Horst Kube
as Jens Kasten
Hilmar Thate
as Ludwig Batuschek
Ekkehard Schall
as Eberhard Schuckert
Wolf von Beneckendorff
as Von Resten
Eduard von Winterstein
as Hindenburg
Werner Wieland
as Noske
Jochen Thomas
as Sebastian Huber
Sabine Thalbach
as Lady from Luisenbund
Horst Schönemann
as Kapitän Wandres
