Fire Below Deck

5.6 (5 votes)• 1982• 93m•Released

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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.

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Languages: German

Director: Herrmann Zschoche

Starring Cast: Manfred Krug, Renate Krößner, Bolesław Płotnicki, Arnim Mühlstädt, Jürgen Heinrich, Thomas Neumann

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