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Die Mnner der Emden
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Wikipedia article
'Die Mnner der Emden' ("The Men of the 'Emden'", English title: 'Odyssey of Heroes') is a 2012 German war adventure film directed and co-written by that is an account of members of the crew of SMS 'Emden' making their way back to Germany after the Battle of Cocos (1914). The film was shot in Greece, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Malta and Germany and appeared as both a miniseries and a feature film.
Plot
The film begins at the Imperial German naval station at the Kiautschou Bay concession in China. Two officers of SMS 'Emden' have a romantic rivalry with Maria von Plettenberg, who lives with her father, mother and sister in Tsingtau.
When war is declared the 'Emden' has a variety of successful naval engagements in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Soon after a raiding party is sent ashore to destroy a British wireless installation in the Cocos Islands, 'Emden' engages HMAS 'Sydney' but the vessel is sunk with many of the crew captured. Rather than surrender, the shore party seizes the schooner 'Ayesha' and decides to sail back to the Kiautschou Bay concession to fight again.
When the crew arrives in the neutral Dutch East Indies they hear that the concession has been captured by the Japanese. With their fates unknown to each other, the men of 'Emden' and the von Plettenberg family make their way back to Germany.
Cast
See also
*'How We Beat the Emden' (1915)
*'Our Emden' (1926)
*'The Exploits of the Emden' (1928)
*'Cruiser Emden' (1932)
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