Im Sonderauftrag (1959)
1h 19m
Running Time
January 3, 1959
Release Date

Im Sonderauftrag (1959)
1h 19m
Running Time
January 3, 1959
Release Date
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Plot.
A warship returning from a training exercise was tasked with apprehending an unknown schooner that had violated GDR territorial waters. Although nothing illegal was found during the search of the ship, the ship's commander Fischer was suspicious of the owner of the schooner, Arendt, a former lieutenant of a Nazi coastal battery. Fischer's doubts were confirmed when a diver came aboard the schooner and photographed a military object underwater. The investigation showed that the detained schooner was on a sabotage mission, and the "activities" of Arendt, a former Gestapo Obersturmführer, were also revealed.
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Cast & Crew.

Hans-Peter Minetti
Lieutenant Fischer

Rolf Ludwig
Oberleutnant Arendt

Horst Kube
Private Lutz

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Petersen

Werner Lierck
Sergeant Kohl

Fritz Diez
Lieutenant Wegner

Albert Zahn
Soldier Thielicke

Dieter Perlwitz
Jens Dahl

Katharina Matz
Ike

Gustav Püttjer
Ole

Manfred Borges
Sergeant Schneider

Herbert Körbs
Court officer

Wolfgang Hübner
Lieutenant Berger

Gerd Michael Henneberg
Port commander

Günther Grabbert
Oberleutnant Hermann / Oberlieutenant Hermann

Johannes Maus
Soldier Brenner

Heinz Schröder
Captain

Walter Lendrich
Soldier Siegert

Peter Groeger
Sailor Heinz

Karl Sturm
Sailor Karl

Gerd Scheibel
Sailor Pitt

Willi Neuenhahn
ship's mate in the cutter

Werner Senftleben
Sergeant-Major

Alexander Papendiek
lieutenant

Walter Stolp
landlord

Manfred Schmidt
Sailor Werner

Heinz Thiel
Director / Writer

Hans Oliva-Hagen
Writer

Wally Gurschke
Editor

Helmut Nier
Music

Alfred Hirschmeier
Production Design

Bernd Gerwien
Sound
Details.
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Wiki.
Im Sonderauftrag (English-language title: Special Mission) is an East German black-and-white film directed by Heinz Thiel. It was released in 1959.