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Fire Below Deck (1982)

Fire Below Deck (1982)

Drama Comedy Romance
Release Date: 1982, August 16
Directors: Herrmann Zschoche
Countries: East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Babelsberg"
Cast: Thomas Neumann, Jürgen Heinrich, Renate Krößner, Christoph Engel, Peter Hladik, Fred Delmare, Manfred Krug, Hilmar Baumann, Brigitte Beier, Arnim Mühlstädt, Bolesław Płotnicki, Regine Heintze

Overview:

Otto Scheidel (Manfred Krug) has been captain of the Elbe steamer Jenissei for over twenty years, but his ship, the last of its kind, is going to be converted into a floating restaurant. Otto, whose his strong attachment to the ship has already cost him his relationship with his girlfriend Caramba (Renate Krößner), refuses to take another job and instead joins a railway construction brigade.