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.
as Helmut Schmidt
as Gerda Brandt
as Horst Sahm
as Bernhard Brandt
as Heinrich Brandt
as Frau Piechowiak
as ASB Notarzt
as Helmut Schöttner
as Bäckergeselle
as Nachbar
as Staatssekretär
as Anita Sahm
as ASB
as Vertreter
as Gudrun
as Nachbarin
as Barbara Draak
as Martha Langer
as Werftkollege
as Offizier
as Fred Brandt
as Christina Langer
as Konrad Langer
as Kai Sahm
as Monika Sahm
as Admiral Rogge
as Savina Draak
