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The Shipwrecker

6.419841h 35mMovieDrama

Three actors portray scenes from the life of Sterling Hayden, with a particular focus on his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Inspired by Hayden’s memoir “Wanderer.”

DirectorWolf-Eckart Bühler
WriterWolf-Eckart Bühler
ProducersMartin Moszkowicz·Eberhard Scharfenberg

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Cast · Directed by Wolf-Eckart Bühler

BDBurkhard Driest
Burkhard Driest
Sterling Hayden
RVRüdiger Vogler
Rüdiger Vogler
Sterling Hayden
HWHannes Wader
Hannes Wader
Sterling Hayden
HRHans-Michael Rehberg
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Psychiatrist
ESEdgar Selge
Edgar Selge
KE
Klaus Emmerich
KEKristina van Eyck
Kristina van Eyck
RFRoger Fritz
Roger Fritz
IM
Imo Moszkowicz
HQHans Quest
Hans Quest
Narrator
KWKonstantin Wecker
Konstantin Wecker
DA
Donald Arthur

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