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title: 'Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Wisbar'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/darkness-fell-on-gotenhafen-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053092/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen (1959)

1959 · 99 min · Germany

Original title: Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen

## Synopsis

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen is a 1960 German war drama film, directed by Frank Wisbar. It dramatizes the sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff, which was sunk while carrying German servicemen and around 6,000 civilian evacuees. Heinz Schön presents the combined death toll as 9,343.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Wisbar](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-wisbar)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank Wisbar](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-wisbar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans-Martin Majewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-martin-majewski)
- **Producer:** [Otto Meissner](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-meissner-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Willy Winterstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-winterstein)
- **Editor:** [Martha Dübber](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-dubber)

## Cast

- [Mady Rahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/mady-rahl)

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