Released:
1979-12-23

Overview:
The "Astoria", an English luxury liner, collides with a freighter shortly before the end of its voyage and threatens to sink. Captain Mitchell, successful and envied, sets in motion an expensive rescue operation. He manages to avert a catastrophe and bring the passengers and the ship to safety. But the shipowner considers the operation excessive, calls Mitchell a coward and fires him. His career seems to be over. When his friends and his fiancée also make fun of him, he devises a cunning plan of revenge.

Director:
Christa Mühl

Runtime:
1h 34min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Dieter Mann
  as
  Christopher Mitchell
• 
  Swetlana Schönfeld
  as
  Jane Russell
• 
  Walfriede Schmitt
  as
  Beth Heewater
• 
  Ekkehard Schall
  as
  Tommy White
• 
  Jutta Hoffmann
  as
  Gloria Mitchell