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St. Louis
7.0 / 10• 2019• 1h 28m•NR• German
DocumentaryHistoryTV MovieDrama
Storyline
Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last hope of salvation for more than nine hundred German Jews who, desperate to escape the atrocious persecution to which they are subjected by the Nazi regime, intend to emigrate to Cuba.
Cast & Crew
Ulrich Noethen
Captain Gustav Schröder
Lead
Britta Hammelstein
Martha Stern
Johannes Kienast
Officer Klaus Ostermeyer
Florian Panzner
Otto Hendrich
Golo Euler
Walter Stern
Attila Borlan
Karl Pollock
Virgílio Castelo
Dr. Josef Joseph
Luís Esparteiro
Robert Hoffmann
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ben von Grafenstein's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. St. Louis is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
