St. Louis
Seen it?2019 | 88 min | Documentary, History, TV Movie, Drama
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious and history buffs. If you loved Apollo 11 or The Pursuit of Happyness, start here.
- The mood
- Harrowing, eye-opening.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 28 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in German, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last hope of salvation for more than nine hundred German Jews who, desperate to escape the atrocious persecution to which they are subjected by the Nazi regime, intend to emigrate to Cuba.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 924K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ben von Grafenstein
- Ulrich NoethenCaptain Gustav Schröder
- Britta HammelsteinMartha Stern
- Johannes KienastOfficer Klaus Ostermeyer
- Florian PanznerOtto Hendrich
- Golo EulerWalter Stern
- Attila BorlanKarl Pollock
- Virgílio CasteloDr. Josef Joseph
- Luís EsparteiroRobert Hoffmann
- Elgar do RosárioLeo Stern
- Gabriela BarrosElise Loewe