The major flood disaster on February 17, 1962 hit Hamburg completely unprepared. It left 315 dead and 10,000 people homeless. Almost a fifth of Hamburg's urban area was under water. In times of need, the people of Hamburg followed their young police and interior senator Helmut Schmidt, who later became Chancellor, who gained respect nationwide in those days.
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Ulrich Tukur as Helmut Schmidt
Christiane Paul as Gerda Brandt
Florian Lukas as Horst Sahm
Jan Peter Heyne as Bernhard Brandt
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey as Heinrich Brandt
Ina Holst as Frau Piechowiak
Stefan Mehren as ASB Notarzt
Jacob Weigert as Helmut Schöttner
Rolf Bach as Bäckergeselle
Michael Benthin as Nachbar
Kai Hufnagel as Staatssekretär
Hannah Ley as Anita Sahm
Stefan Mehren as ASB
Kai Möller as Vertreter
Renate Regel as Gudrun
Iris Rufner as Nachbarin
Bettina Scheuritzel as Barbara Draak
Sabine Urig as Martha Langer
Oliver Warsitz as Werftkollege
Benedikt Balthasar as Offizier
Willi Gerk as Fred Brandt
Larissa Hartmann as Christina Langer
Tom Jahn as Konrad Langer
Franz Kroß as Kai Sahm
Charleen Lichtenwald as Monika Sahm
Peter Maertens as Admiral Rogge
Nelia Novoa as Savina Draak
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