Die Nacht der großen Flut (2005)
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Cast
Ulrich Tukur, Christiane Paul, Florian Lukas, Tom Jahn, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Sabine Urig, Hannah Ley
Residents of Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg endure a catastrophic storm surge as the city’s crisis team works to respond.
The story
Through the Brandt, Sahm, Piechowiak and Langer families, the film follows residents of Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg on the night of February 16–17, 1962. A storm surge breaks dikes in Hamburg and floods nearly one-fifth of the city. As the disaster unfolds, affected residents place their hopes in Helmut Schmidt, the city’s senator for police and the interior, who leads the crisis team. The narrative is also supplemented by interviews with eyewitnesses portrayed in the film, including Schmidt, Maximilian Alber and Gerda Brandt.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Through the Brandt, Sahm, Piechowiak and Langer families, the film recounts the fate of the residents of Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg on the night of February 16–17, 1962, when storm-surge flooding caused dikes to break in Hamburg and inundated nearly one-fifth of the city. The affected Hamburg residents place their hopes in Helmut Schmidt, the city’s senator for police and the interior, who heads the crisis team. The film’s narrative is supplemented by interviews with the eyewitnesses portrayed, including Helmut Schmidt, Maximilian Alber and Gerda Brandt.
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