Im Sonderauftrag
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
28 people
Hans-Peter Minetti
Lieutenant Fischer
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Rolf Ludwig
Oberleutnant Arendt
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Horst Kube
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Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Petersen
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Werner Lierck
Sergeant Kohl
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Rendezvous mit unbekannt
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Fritz Diez
Lieutenant Wegner
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Seventeen Moments of Spring
Günter Grabbert
Oberleutnant Hermann / Oberlieutenant Hermann
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Drei von der K
Albert Zahn
Soldier Thielicke
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Geheime Spuren
Trace of Stones
Dieter Perlwitz
Jens Dahl
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Die Achatmurmel
Seilergasse 8
Katharina Matz
Ike
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Gustav Püttjer
Ole
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Manfred Borges
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Heinz Thiel Director · Hans Oliva-Hagen Writer Horst E. Brandt Cinematographer
First release January 3, 1959 · Produced in XG
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
XG
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 3, 1959
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
September 18, 1960 · TV · West Germany
Russia
October 8, 1959 · Theatrical
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