Heiner Niehues

Joseph Vilsmaier Two-part TV movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship, at the end of World War II. On 30 January 1945, Captain Hellmuth Kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating wounded soldiers and civilians trapped by the Red Army. Soon after leaving the harbor of Danzig, it was hit by three torpedoes from the Soviet submarine and sank in less than an hour.

In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers and discovers his love of music, especially rebuilding and playing the organ at the village church. After experiencing an "acoustic wonder", his eye color changes and he can hear even the most subtle sounds.

北アフリカ戦線から帰還して、避暑地で休養を取っていたドイツ陸軍の戦闘工兵達に出動の命令が下る。目的地は東部戦線の激戦地スターリングラード。だが彼らがそこで見たのは、栄光とは程遠い戦争の現実であった。死闘を繰り広げる彼らをあざ笑うかのように、ロシアの冬将軍が到来し、厳しい戦いを強いられることになる。

ミヒャエル・エンデの名作ファンタジー小説を映画化。いじめっ子たちに追いかけられた少年バスチアンが、逃げ込んだ古本屋で手にした『はてしない物語』。読み進めるうちに、彼は不思議な小説の世界に引き込まれていく……。